A coastal hazard is anything that puts life or property at risk on the coastline, usually due to short and long term erosion, coastal flooding, high wind and waves, and storm urges. Luckily for Brazil, they only have to deal with coastal hazards in the east, since that is the only shoreline they have. And, for the most part they deal with soil erosion and coastal flooding the most in Brazil. Brazil is home to 8,500 kilometers of coastline, but mainly sees the coastal erosion on the northeast coast of Brazil. The main causes of coastal erosion in Brazil are human activity and short and medium term natural causes (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00206819709465300). Northeast Brazil is also at risk of elevated sea levels, due to their low topography and its high ecological and touristic value (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260494736_Coastal_risk_assessment_and_adaptation_of_the_impact_of_sealevel_rise_climate_change_and_hazards_A_RS_and_GIS_based_approach_in_Apodi-...
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This week, we are talking about extreme weather within countries, and we can choose any country that we want to research. However, I decided to stick with Brazil and see what kind of extreme weather they have to deal with. One major thing I saw Brazil deals with is tornadoes. Tornadoes usually occur due to the updrafts and downdrafts of a thunderstorm. Some parts of Brazil have tornadoes much more often than other parts. Most of the tornadoes that occur in Brazil are in either the South or the Southeast portion of Brazil (https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/2011WCAS1095.1). In April of 2015, there was a deadly tornado that hit Brazil. This tornado ruined about 500 homes, killing two people, and sending almost 120 to the hospitals, 15 of these people were seriously injured. This tornado occured due to a super cell storm. A super cell storm is a thunderstorm with a deep rotating updraft. This was one of the largest tornadoes Brazil has ever seen. This is a picture of some of th...