1999 Vargas tragedy

Heavy rainfall from the storm of 14 to 16 December 1999 triggered thousands of landslides on the steep slopes of the Sierra de Avila north of Caracas. Alongside the slides, the rainfall caused flooding and massive debris flows that damaged coastal communities in the State of Vargas along the Caribbean Sea. The United States Geological Survey documented the volume of the debris-flow deposits and the large boulders the flows carried.

Date
1999-12-15
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
30000
What the pin marks
The position the cited page gives for the disaster on the Vargas coast; the debris flows and floods struck along much of it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargas_tragedy

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: debris flow, venezuela, rainfall-triggered, flooding, vargas

Coordinates: 10.60519, -66.8495

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