Sierra Leone Mudslide; The Heavy Price Of Environmental Degradation

     A mudslide killed at least 499 in Sierra Leone. Hundreds of people are still missing.
     This is not the beginning or the end of this kind of tragedy. Mudslides, landslides, heavy rains and flooding will continue to kill and destroy lives far in excess of what ever could be possible in a world less environmentally degraded and deforested.
     Recently, a landslide in the Eastern Congo region also killed hundreds.
     Poverty, poor housing, overpopulation, add fuel to the fire.
     So much loss of life, and so little attention paid to these tragedies. Environmental degradation will continue to kill, as people talk about it but do little to nothing. Meanwhile, tropical forests continue to fall, setting the stage for future mudslides and landslides from heavy rains and storms.