Catástrofe de Caraguatatuba-1
Catástrofe de Caraguatatuba-1
Catástrofe de Caraguatatuba-1
Catástrofe de Caraguatatuba
RESUMO
On March 18, 1967, one of the biggest disasters in the history of the North
Coast took place in Caraguatatuba. The rain fell. The hill slid away, pushing
aside a patch of red mud, trees and boulders, destroying everything in its path.
Hundreds of humans and animals were buried, drowned and crushed by logs
and rocks. Power went out, communications went down, and the city was in a
state of public calamity. Cities in Brazil mobilized, sent rescue teams, food and
medicine, arrived by plane and ship and distributed to the victims. In the
following years, with the help of the brave caiçara people, Caraguatatuba has
been rebuilt, and from the 70's onwards it has experienced accelerated
population growth, which led to the occupation of the fishermen's nucleus in the
80's, which ended up harming the caiçara families . The land they had inherited
for generations was gradually plundered to make way for new construction,
stifling all culture. Housing and population numbers continued to grow in the
90s, occupying risk areas such as hillsides, leading to disorderly occupation of
the city. Given the above, this research aims to present the history of the
Caraguatatuba catastrophe through a qualitative and descriptive bibliographical
review.