AP investigation: Warnings ignored as Venezuela coastal towers faced quake forces they couldn’t take
An investigation reveals that the Venezuelan government ignored scientific warnings against building coastal towers in La Guaira that were vulnerable to earthquake forces.
CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AP) — Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira. The area’s seaside Caribbean communities, not far from Caracas, were near a major fault line and a mountain range that had unleashed repeated, destructive natural disasters. The soil was poor, a type of silt that would...
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