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Yungay Avalanche 1970 The Mountain That Buried a City

An Ounce by Jim Fugate

Mar 25, 202610:49Society & Culture

The 1970 Yungay avalanche began high on Mount Huascarán in Peru and reached the city below in just minutes. Triggered by a massive earthquake, the collapse of ice, rock, and mud buried Yungay and killed thousands in one...

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