Avatar Assignment!!!

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The lesson objective was to "Describe one possible cause of the single parent family."

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Natural disasters in St Vincent and the Grenadines over the past ten years

Natural disasters in St Vincent and the Grenadines over the past ten year

Natural disasters- A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. 

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world, regularly suffering disasters related to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, landslide, rain and drought. These hazards have caused significant and recurrent damages to national infrastructure including housing, road networks, schools, hospitals and other facilities such as phone lines, water and electricity. This significantly affects human welfare, national economic activities, property, and natural resources. The effects of climate change are already evident in many parts of the country with rising sea levels and storm activity continuing to impact on exposed coastlines and development. The situation is only expected to worsen as SVG is highly vulnerable to the effects of global warming and climate change. As is gathered from the video below.

SVG is exposed to high levels of risk to meteorological and geophysical hazards , which have significant negative impacts to SVG’s economic and fiscal stability. It has more than 40 rivers and tributaries, which originate in the central mountains and discharge to the Caribbean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean. Often villages and towns are located along those rivers, especially near the coast in the flatter areas that leads to increased debris flow and flood risk. As a result of its volcanic origin, steep slopes dominate the island’s landscape and tilted volcanic layers define the geology and soils . In combination with high temperatures and abundant rainfall, this leads to slope instabilities and the potential for landslides. De Graaf identified in 1988 about 475 landslides, covering about 1% of the country’s surface. The most common type of landslides in SVG are debris flows. These are defined as rapid movements of a mass of soil, water and air, posing a significant threat to human lives since they can travel long distances, approach fast and exhibit a considerable destructive force. Volcanic eruptions have affected the country in 1789, 1812, 1902, 1971 and 19797 . SVG is located in the Atlantic hurricane belt and has suffered periodic damages from past events e.g. from Hurricane Allen (1980), Hurricane Lenny (1999), and Hurricane Tomas (2010). Studies show that natural hazards are being exacerbated by the adverse impacts of climate change, which are putting increased stress on water availability, coastal investments, national infrastructure and livelihoods. In the past decade, damages from major natural disasters in SVG were approximately US$41 million, which was more than the accumulative sum of damages from 1961 – 20008 . 

Houses damaged by Land slides caused by heavy rains in 2013