Week 10 Extreme Weather/ Country of our Choice.

Week 10 Extreme Weather/ Country of our Choice.

On this weeks post I decided to choose Bolivia as part of the Extreme Weather conditions. Many places around the world have extremely dangerous weather conditions but in some circumstances I think not on how big or long a natural disaster happened for but the impact that it did and the people that it affected. Bolivia has a little bit of everything when it comes to natural disasters. Bolivia ranges from droughts, floods, and landslides. Since most of the people are low income when a natural disaster happens they struggle to get back on their feet. some of the more intense weather conditions is in the wettest part of the country they can receive up to 40 - 150 inches of rain in the months of September through May depending on the location (Bolivian Life). Bolivia can receive that much rainfall because of the strong winds that blow from the Amazon. In addition to all the rainfall their temperatures range from about 60 -80 degrees in the day to dropping to just over zero degrees at night (Bolivian Life). 

In the months with the most rainfall it is very common to use boats as a way of transportation because it is safer than using the roads. It is also very dangerous to go hiking or doing most out door activities. Many of the outdoor activities because after the rainfall many landslides occur on villages making them inaccessible to get out of because of the blocked roads or vehicles simply not being able to get to them because it is too muddy and the vehicles will fall into ditches or off cliffs.   

In many cities of Bolivia they are working on constructing more accessible roads to the smaller villages so that when a natural disaster occurs it is easier to get people help that is necessary. IN addition to building more accessible roads they always try to integrate bridges so that being "trapped" in a location is not as common anymore. These bridges are able to get bigger trucks through hard to reach villages so that more help is provided. Bolivia is also working on having cleaner water for all of the locals to avoid the amount of people being sick.


More recently Bolivia went through what they call "El Nino y La Nina" natural disasters which left a couple of families homeless and many others affected. this created a couple of rivers to overflow with rain and just flood locals out of their homes and creating many landslides for the more than average percent of rainfall.

Sources:
“Bolivia Faces the Force of Nature.” World Bank, www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/04/25/Bolivia-faces-the-force-of-nature.

“Weather and Climate in Bolivia.” Bolivian Life, www.bolivianlife.com/weather-and-climate-in-bolivia/.

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