Argentina's Main Natural Hazards
Argentina is at high risk to basically every natural disaster except for the exception of cyclones and hurricanes. The two main natural disasters that are the most destructive would have to be volcanoes and flooding. These two natural disasters are the most common and life-threatening to the civilians of Argentina.
There are many volcanoes on the border between Chile and Argentina. There is a total of 39 volcanoes in the country of Argentina, most are located near the Andes by the Chile border. This country is considered classified as high in volcanic activity. Most or all of the volcanoes are active, therefore when they are awaken it causes major destruction all over causing many problems. Meaning that many people living near one need to be evacuated. Argentina is located on the South American Plate yet it is still near the Nazca plate. These two plates are convergent boundaries, they move toward each other causing compressions, these compressions caused the Andes. Chile and Argentina are right next to each other, therefore, the compressions of the two plates have caused these two countries to have multiple active volcanoes.
Flooding is also one of the major problems in Argentina, this is caused by extreme weather and global warming. Global Warming has caused quite a few problems for Argentina it has increased the rate of extreme flooding. There is an increase in temperatures during winter, meaning that when it is supposed to be cold it is not. In Argentina, The Perito Moreno Glacier is about 121 square miles. This glacier in Argentina is slowly melting which would mean that there would be much more flooding in Argentina. There is also a high hazard for Coastal floods. Sea levels have increased very rapidly, this is due to the increase in temperature. Extreme weather has a lot to do with this too. Severe weather would be flooding, there is often very extreme rainfall. This rainfall causes mass flooding in Argentina.
I would recommend having a better evacuation plan for volcanic eruptions, as well as maybe more drainage in the cities for when it does flood. Another recommendation I would have would be to not have houses near the mountains. Another thing would be to try to have early warnings so that people may not lose their lives.
The places where I would target on the most for help would be near the close to the border of Chile and near the coast. The reason for this is near the border is where all the volcanoes are this is due to the convergent boundaries forming mountain ranges where the volcanoes are. I would also target the coastal region because this is where the water is rising. When severe weather comes with very rainfall then there is mass destruction due to flooding.
The locations I would for sure not recommend living next to the mountain ranges near Chile and not near the coast either. The reason for this is because this is where the most dangerous natural disasters for civilians. For this reason, I would recommend living somewhere in the middle inland south Argentina. I would not recommend up north because there once was a cyclone near the Northern Argentina from another country
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