Landslide in Peru Leaves at Least 15 Missing After Dozens of Homes Buried
NewsweekSep 09, 2022
Multiple people, including an infant, were killed in a landslide in Peru Tues. morning.
The landslide occurred in Retamas, in the mountainous region of La Libertad, northern Peru, after heavy rains soaked the area.
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.