What the records say
- When
- 6 Sep 2008
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 30.05° N, 31.29° E
- Description
- 2008 Cairo landslide: At least 18 people are killed and 22 injured when dozens of homes in northern Cairo collapse after being hit by a massive rockslide.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2008 Duweika, Cairo Rockslide.
2008 Duweika, Cairo Rockslide
Landslide that happened on September 6, 2008, in Manshiyat Naser, Cairo, Egypt
The 2008 Duweika Rockslide happened on September 6, 2008, at a crowded self-built settlement in the Manshiyat Nasser district of Cairo, Egypt, resulting in the first major urban disaster to hit the city in the 21st Century, where over 100 were killed, and hundreds of families were made homeless.
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