(Bolivia) La Paz landslide wrecks 400 homes

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Source: Associated Press

Prolonged heavy rains have caused a hilltop to collapse in a poor neighbourhood of the Bolivian capital, cracking roads, destroying at least 400 homes and burying people's belongings under mud and debris. There were though no fatalities from the landslide, which happened in the district of Callapa, according to the mayor of La Paz, Luis Revilla.

Edwin Herrera, a city government spokesman, called Sunday's slide the worst that La Paz has ever seen, and he said the earth was still moving downhill.

"So far we are talking about 5,000 affected, but the slide is affecting neighbourhoods in lower areas," he said.

Residents began evacuating late on Saturday when the hill began sliding and cracks appeared in streets and homes.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/la-paz-landslide-wrecks-homes

[Haole Girl]

1. Deforestation has its price

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20bolivia.htm

[FSogol]

2. La Paz is in the mountains. The landslide has nothing to do with deforestation. n/t

[Haole Girl]

3. Here is a link:

http://www.treesforcities.org/page.php?id=337

[WhiteTara]

4. La Paz is in the mountains and deforestation

has everything to do with it.