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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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Yungay Avalanche 1970 The Mountain That Buried a City is an episode from An Ounce by Jim Fugate. The 1970 Yungay avalanche began high on Mount Huascarán in Peru and reached the city below in just minutes. Triggered by a massive earthquake,...

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Published Mar 25, 2026, 10:49 long, audio available.

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