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Aberfan

On 21 October 1966, a spoil heap collapsed on top of a school in the South Wales valleys.
There were 144 fatalities. 116 of them were children.

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Armero

The Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted on November 13th, 1985, causing massive debris flows that inundated the town of Armero. Most of its 25,000 residents died in the disaster.

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Vargas

In the week of December 9th, 1999, the coastal state of Vargas, Venezuela was devastated by more than 50 rapid-flow landslides caused by torrential rainfall. It destroyed the homes of thousands of families, and claimed the lives of some 2000 victims.

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Yungay

At 3.23pm on May 31st, 1970, a devastating earthquake struck the coast and highlands of central Peru. It caused a landslide that buried the Andean town of Yungay, along with the majority of its 8000 inhabitants.

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