Brazil deals with many natural hazards, but two main ones that stood out to me are the soil erosion, more specifically the sinkholes and then the tornadoes that they have to deal with. I am choosing to focus on these two, because they are the ones that impact Brazil more than any of the others and the ones that occur the most. Soil erosion can be caused by many things, but in Brazil, it is mainly caused by the expansion of their agriculture. Between all the crop and livestock activity, the soil keeps eroding and causing issues for Brazil. A sinkhole is a surface depression or cavity in the ground by water erosion, which creates a route for surface water to go under the surface. The most recent sink hole that Brazil has experienced was in 2017, then in 2015, 2014, and 2010, and many more before that. Brazil is no stranger to sinkholes. Luckily in all of these, no one was hurt, but this is a major impact for Brazil. No one was hurt, however in a couple of them, houses and neighborhoo...
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