Tijuana's Landslide
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Tijuana is a border city in Mexico, just south of California. Its bustling main street, Avenida Revolución, is lined with souvenir shops and lively bars. Landmarks include the neoclassical Jai Alai Frontón palace and Centro Cultural Tijuana, a modern cultural complex in the Zona Río district. Throughout town, stadiums stage Lucha libre (wrestling) matches, while the nearby city of Rosarito fronts sandy beaches
Two years ago on February 3, 2018, Tijuana suffered one of the biggest landslides in Mexico 89 homes were destroyed after landslide hits Tijuana. I haven't been in a landslide before, I was on my mission In Brazil when this happened, I remember crossing by a store and watched what was happening in my country.
This is a Testimony of one of the affected citizens in Tijuana: "Our house was falling to pieces. Wood, stones, and cement were all over the place since Monday, and things started getting worse by Tuesday and Wednesday. The ground was literally sinking until we could no longer enter or exit our house. We had to jump over the cracks in order to get our stuff out of the house last night. "
How do Landslides occur?
A landslide occurs because the force of gravity becomes greater than either friction or the internal strength of the rock, soil, or sediment. The amount of friction between a deposit of rock or soil and the slope that it rests on plays a large role in when landslides happen.
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