Bolivia Hail Storms Many thunderstorms can produce hard, rounded, or irregular pieces of ice: hailstones. The greatest hazard is large hail from severe thunderstorms. (Ana Garcia slides video 13:36) An intense thunderstorm pounded Tarija Bolivia on Sunday October 31, 2021. Tarija is. located in the Southern Part of the country, about 540 miles South of La Paz, one of Bolivia's two capital cities. In various parts of the city rivers of water and hail flowing down streets and residents shoveling hail away from stranded vehicles, much the same way, one would do with snow. The high temperature in Tarija topped out at 86 degrees. Fahrenheit. on October 31, and the low was 59. Hail forms in a thunderstorm a...
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Bolivia landslides: Neighbourhoods destroyed in La Paz
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Mass wasting any type of earth materials under direct influence of gravity it does not require a transporting medium such as water, wind or glacial ice although it does have triggers (Video Garcia 0:44 seconds) Many landslides (soil, slips, debris flows) develop during rainstorms when slopes become saturated slumps develop months or years folding the deep infiltration of water into a slope water erosion of the base or toe of a slope decreases stability (Garcia video 17:19) Dozens of houses have been destroyed in a landslide in the Bolivian capital of La Paz, affecting hundreds of people. Footage shows entire brick homes caving into clouds of dust and falling down hills as locals flee with pet and children. Emergency services began to evacuate before the worst of the collapse. The landslides followed heavy rains on Tuesday the location of the San Jorge neighborhood on a former landfill contributed to instability. Sitt...