Landslide in Peru Leaves at Least 15 Missing After Dozens of Homes Buried
NewsweekAPR 2022
Disasters like this highlight the threat posed by human-driven climate change. As global temperatures keep rising, rainfall is getting more and more intense, and disasters will only become more common.
The calamity was a result of inequality, not climate change. The village was built on a mountain not suitable for housing and susceptible to landslides. Authorities have tried to prevent the construction of more houses, but poor Peruvians have no other options.