Why suffer the beauties of Brazil
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As the main sights of the country has suffered flooding since 2008.
If Brazil was known as a tropical paradise due to its natural beauties and
the absence of natural disasters, at least in relation to this latter feature
things have changed in recent years due to heavy summer rains.
Two of the most beautiful states of
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina have suffered in recent years with
disasters that left many dead and homeless. Its prime
location, which attracts thousands of tourists with beaches and hills, became
scene of tragedy.
All the fault of governments who did
not take preventive measures to strong and frequent summer rains.
What happens is that when heavy
rains hit areas where homes are built on hillsides, the force of water knocks
down the houses and causing an avalanche, devastating homes and knocking out
other cities poorly structured.
This is due to the negligence of the
government towards the irregular buildings under its responsibility.
According to the president of CREA,
Agostinho Guerreiro, the body responsible for overseeing the professional
activities related to urban planning, the state of Rio de Janeiro, relatively
simple measures such as building small dams and slope stabilization at the top
of the tributaries would be sufficient to prevent such disasters. Small works that do not require large expenditures or large apparatus
to carry out.
Means that the officials are not
taking the responsibility to prevent the tragedies.
Also according to Agostinho, they
should not be ignored by governments of cities that have the same
characteristics of those who were victimized by heavy rains. He said it is true that new storms of great intensity to fall again in
coming years and cities must be prepared to avoid further tragedies.
Regardless, Brazil remains a beautiful country. Undoubtedly, it is still a must stop for tourists who want to experience the beauty around the world, but lack of political competence to manage cities, makes the country lose money on visits of these tourists and their citizens end up suffering from an even more serious.
