Natural disasters create problems in both Uruguay and Ecuador. Uruguay does not have as many natural disasters as Ecuador, but it still does have some. Fires, floods, and droughts are about some of the natural disasters in Uruguay. There was a major flood in Uruguay in 2007 which affected over 100,000 people. One of the reasons why Uruguay gets so many storms which produce floods is because of its location at the Southern part of South America. Soil erosion is also a problem which affects the agriculture of Uruguay and how much it produces.
In Ecuador though, many natural disasters occur including droughts, floods, wildfires, and earthquakes. One of the main topics about natural disasters in Ecuador was a volcano that spewed ash. The volcano was the Tungurahua volcano and it is a 16,480 feet tall volcano and is only 84 miles away from the capital of Ecuador, Quito. The ash caused 200 people to evacuate from the area of the volcano. According to Lourdes M, who is the regional director of the National Risk Management Secretariat “the explosion produced ash and pyroclastic flows, and could be felt for miles”.
Some of Ecuador and Uruguay’s problems with natural disasters could be fixed though. Both Ecuador and Uruguay have problems with drought cloud-seeding could be used to add water to the air to form clouds to bring rain to drought-ridden areas. Floods in both countries could also be fixed by making ditches for extra water. In Ecuador the problem of wildfires could also be solved by knowing where the fires happened and then making a huge crater/ditch there (replacing the plants after digging up the soil) so when fires came they could easily be controlled into a small area. Uruguay’s problem with soil erosion could be fixed two ways, either by planting a lot of plants in the area of loose soil, or you could make dams to hold back the soil and then put it back into the ground later.
In Ecuador though, many natural disasters occur including droughts, floods, wildfires, and earthquakes. One of the main topics about natural disasters in Ecuador was a volcano that spewed ash. The volcano was the Tungurahua volcano and it is a 16,480 feet tall volcano and is only 84 miles away from the capital of Ecuador, Quito. The ash caused 200 people to evacuate from the area of the volcano. According to Lourdes M, who is the regional director of the National Risk Management Secretariat “the explosion produced ash and pyroclastic flows, and could be felt for miles”.
Some of Ecuador and Uruguay’s problems with natural disasters could be fixed though. Both Ecuador and Uruguay have problems with drought cloud-seeding could be used to add water to the air to form clouds to bring rain to drought-ridden areas. Floods in both countries could also be fixed by making ditches for extra water. In Ecuador the problem of wildfires could also be solved by knowing where the fires happened and then making a huge crater/ditch there (replacing the plants after digging up the soil) so when fires came they could easily be controlled into a small area. Uruguay’s problem with soil erosion could be fixed two ways, either by planting a lot of plants in the area of loose soil, or you could make dams to hold back the soil and then put it back into the ground later.