Haiti has very steep mountains and very soft soil due to tropical storms. The large earthquakes Haiti has always imposes a threat to landslides. Not only do earthquakes cause landslides, but they also shift the soils and make the ground more vulnerable to slide. The deforestation also contributes to landslides as well. Since trees aren't there to somewhat catch some of the debris and be rooted down into the Earth, the mud and waters flow straight down the mountain at insane speeds.
Haiti has steep mountains and severe earthquakes. When you put those together there a large chance of slope failure. Severe rains and shaking without tree roots or buffers for a chance to save damages.
RESOURCES: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42333
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100114-haiti-earthquake-landslides/
Hi, all this is really good research, but the main objective of this week was to research about landslides or mudslides [aka, 'mass wasting', which is not related to waste disposal unfortunately...]..can you please repost. thank you.
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