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 Hello! My name is Francesca, and the country I have selected to research is Peru. Thank you so much. 

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Week 8: Mass Wasting

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In Peru the occurrence of mass movement is very common in the Andes mountain area of the country. Landslides are a recurrence and have been affecting Peru since many years back. Today I wanted to present to you about three different landslides that hit the country of Peru in the past and earlier this year in 2021.  Due to Peru’s steep mountain range and frequent earthquakes, mass wasting disasters have emanated from Nevados Huascaran (known as a tall mountain peak). In 1962, an avalanche from this peak fell at an average of 105 miles per hour and had a volume of 16,900,000 cubic yards. The debris from the avalanche buried the village of Ran-rahirca and killed 5,000 citizens. Eight years later, history repeated itself because a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Nevados Huascaran and the avalanche fell at 174 miles per hour. The debris ended up covering the town of Yungay and the death count was at 18,000. It seems that the Andes mountains are a common place for mass wasting and towns in ...
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Week 7: Flooding

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My sophomore year of high school my family decided to take a trip to Peru in order to visit family. Most of my dad’s side of the family lives in Cusco, Peru. While I was doing my research on recent floods in Peru I was devastated to learn that there was flooding due to heavy rainfall last April in Cusco. On the 19th of April, The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru sent out a report that 68mm of rain had fallen in the last 24 hours. There was an overflow in the Santa Fe and Otari rivers and one house was completely destroyed. Around 100 people were affected and landslides ended up affecting the roads.  A month prior, on March 13, 2021 in Piura located 534 miles north of Lima, citizens were desperately trying to cross a river to escape the horrible flooding. Back in 2017, around half the country of Peru was under a state of emergency  and more than 250,000 children were affected due to the abnormal warming of Pacific waters resulting in El Niño. Around 380 health...
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Week 13: Coastal Erosion

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The Coast of Peru is known for its rocky and mountainous appearance that runs from Ecuador all the way to Chile. The coastline expands over 1,500 miles and holds diverse beaches from the Humboldt current to the northern dry tropical forest shore. Although Peru holds a significantly impressive coast, the area is very sensitive to the erosive action of wind. It’s common for El Niño to disturb the coast of Peru. These regions are also characterized to be mildly cold temperatures (14C) and with the occasional high temperature (84F). The central/southern coast gets hit more intensely by wind erosion while the northern coast suffers more with tropical dry climate and mixed wind erosion signals. I couldn’t find any post listing information on the latest coastal hazard in the Peruvian Coast but I did find out that the area has a very high erosive sensitivity to wind (as you can see in the picture provided below). Thank you.  Work Cited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Peru https...
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