Remedial works against debris flows after floods in the State of Vargas, Venezuela

摘要

The catastrophic torrential events occurred in the State of Vargas, on December 15th and 16th, 1999, resulted in one of the most important disasters of the 20th century in Venezuela. The extraordinary high magnitude of such weather events caused vast areas to collapse with devastating debris flows in several watersheds. The scope of this work is to present the experience of Corpovargas (Corporation para la Recuperation y Desarrollo del Estado Vargas), in the years 2002 and 2003 in the State of Vargas and to provide useful guidance for other similar cases.