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__**Landslide/Mudflow Prevention and Mitigation**__ ** -Josh, Charles, and Dylan **
 * Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

MM (Mudflow Mitigation)**

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Landslides and/or mudflows are very serious problems that are often over looked. When people think of natural disasters, landslides would not be the first thing that comes to the mind. We, as a group, as the creators of MM, want to raise awareness and help prevent and mitigate landslides and/or mudflows. These disasters are often triggered by heavy rains or snow melts, rocks and large pieces of earth travel down the side of a hill. Mudflows are similar to landslides, except they are essentially wetter. They can travel to a speed of 50 miles per hour, and end in disastrous results; like landslides, mudflows destroy houses, crush trees, and kill thousands of innocent people. The worst ever landslide or mudslide was in 1999, in Venezuela down Avila mountain. The town was washed down, and there was an estimated death toll of 15,000 to 20,000, with an end result of 2 billion dollars in damages. -**Charles

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