Comments on: Houses on the Rimac could be washed away at any moment http://enperublog.com/2009/03/19/houses-on-the-rimac-could-be-washed-away-at-any-moment/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel in Peru http://enperublog.com/2009/03/19/houses-on-the-rimac-could-be-washed-away-at-any-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-4170 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:40:05 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=2125#comment-4170 This is a very similar situation in Arequipa, not so much torrents of water washing away homes, but torrents of molten lava should the Misti erupt.

People have built their homes in lava tributaries and the municipalities have done nothing to prevent the dangerous urban sprawl.

I guess property taxes are more important than people’s safety in both cases.

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