Fiji

In this weeks blog, I will be discussing the topic of mass wasting. Mass wasting is defined as “a comprehensive term for any type of downslope movement of earth materials”, which can also be referred to as landslides. Landslides have had a great impact on the land of Fiji and it’s inhabitants.  This mass wasting has been seen to occur repetitively in areas near mountains. In these mountainous places, rock and soil move down toward people’s homes. One family had to wake up in the middle of the night in order to alert the others in the house that they needed to evacuate immediately. Thankfully, the parents of the household were able to evacuate their family and no one was hurt. Unfortunately, the family had experienced a landslide like this in the past. However, it was also not in 2003 as it was recently in 2017. In another incident, the  Dreketi Health Centre on Qamea was also destroyed by a landslide. Fortunately, the services provided at the center were still given out despite