After a few days of heavy rainfall, there has been lots of flooding in Namsai, India. The banks on the Noa Dihing river have undergone major soil erosion because of the rainfall, causing the river to expand. The river has been flowing above the danger mark as of late; which has caused growing concern, and will most likely continue to rise. If the soil on the banks of the river continues to degrade, the flooding will only worsen. In addition, the erosion of the soil has started to affect buildings and houses in the proximity.
Severe weather has been known to cause major soil erosion, in many cases. The erosion that is caused can be severely damaging and dangerous to people and structures. In the past few years, there have been more and more cases of this, due to changing weather patterns. The weather patterns of today play a major role in the condition of the environment. There need to be more steps taken to protect people from the erosion caused by the severe weather, and the weather itself. There must be steps taken to stop the rampant soil erosion, otherwise, there will continue to be destruction and injury.
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This is scary to think about since so many of us live near the creek. Since we can’t control weather patterns, is there anything we can do?
Thanks for the comment Allison! It is a difficult situation for sure; there aren’t too many things that can be done. Lots of places are building sea walls for coastal towns, but for a creek/river, the options are more limited. I will have to do some research to find out, but you’re right, it is very scary!
I think people don’t understand how import soil is. This article helps give a better prospective on it. What the most efficient way of slowing erosion?