El Salvador-builders cut down trees and put mansions on an unstable hillside. An earthquake killed 683 people in 185 landslides as a result. Prior to the occurrence residents had unsuccessfully sued to stop deforestation and luxury home development on the hill. A community of shrimp farmers erase the mangrove forest that naturally armors the coast. U.S.- Hundreds of miles of mountainous forests to allow logging for dirt roads.
Rain creates landslides.
This will inevitably lead to more severe floods, more devastating fires, and human suffering. A growing share of the destruction from natural events is due to human decisions. The article advocated developing and enforcing building codes, steering people away from high risk areas, saving wetlands and reforesting bare countryside have been plans for restoring the detriment caused by deforestation. China has now banned most logging and other land-use changes in the watershed.