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    This document summarizes a landslide disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela in 1999. Torrential rains over 5 consecutive days caused landslides and mudslides that killed an estimated 15,000-30,000 people as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. 70% of the population and 30% of infrastructure in Vargas State were affected. It was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the landslide disaster with the most fatalities in the world.

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    This document summarizes a landslide disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela in 1999. Torrential rains over 5 consecutive days caused landslides and mudslides that killed an estimated 15,000-30,000 people as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. 70% of the population and 30% of infrastructure in Vargas State were affected. It was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the landslide disaster with the most fatalities in the world.

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    This document summarizes a landslide disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela in 1999. Torrential rains over 5 consecutive days caused landslides and mudslides that killed an estimated 15,000-30,000 people as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. 70% of the population and 30% of infrastructure in Vargas State were affected. It was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the landslide disaster with the most fatalities in the world.

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    This document summarizes a landslide disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela in 1999. Torrential rains over 5 consecutive days caused landslides and mudslides that killed an estimated 15,000-30,000 people as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. 70% of the population and 30% of infrastructure in Vargas State were affected. It was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the landslide disaster with the most fatalities in the world.

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    INTRODUCCION

    This report narrates the events that occurred more than two decades ago where
    Venezuela and the world witnessed a series of landslides that destroyed part of the
    coastal state and changed the lives of the people of Vargas due to a meteorological
    phenomenon of torrential rains in the Vargas State. . These generated a catastrophe
    with some 15,000 disappeared, 3,500 million dollars in losses, as well as the
    destruction of more than 15,000 homes and some 75,000 victims. This event became
    known as the Vargas tragedy.
    How the events occurred.

    On December 5, 1999, the Civil Defense issued the first alert in Vargas state
    after the intense rains that were recorded for five consecutive days in the area and
    then lasted 5 more days. By December 15, 911 millimeters of rain had fallen, this in
    turn caused the flow of water to drop down slopes of more than 30 degrees, bringing
    with it landslides, rocks, trees and the vegetal layer of the mountains, the streams of
    The Ávila became great rivers that caused erosion, detachment of topsoil and
    landslides that killed hundreds of lives and homes.

    The death toll rises to 16 thousand according to government estimates,


    contingents of the armed forces and volunteers begin a rescue by all possible means.
    Navy ships dock on the coasts of Vargas state in order to evacuate the survivors. A
    senior government official estimates that those killed by the disaster could number as
    many as 30,000.

    70% of the population and 30% of the infrastructure of Vargas state were
    affected by the natural disaster, which was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as
    the landslide that has left the most fatalities in the world.

    The state's waterfront was modified after sediment, mud, and rock slides.
    Five hospitals and outpatient clinics were damaged, the black and white water
    systems collapsed, the electricity and telephone services were deficient and the
    activities of the port and the Maiquetía International Airport were suspended.
    BIBLIOGRAFIA

    Wikipedia. Org

    Eldiario.com

    www.bbc.com

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