Hundreds of shanties are buried in a collapse of a dumpsite

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10 Tem 2000

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Olay

Koordinatlar

14.72° N, 121.10° E

Yerleştirildiği yer: coordinates of the event it links, Payatas landslide.

Hundreds of shanties are buried in a collapse of a dumpsite, destabilized by torrential rains caused by tropical cyclones, in Payatas, Quezon City; 234 people are confirmed killed, as high as 800 are missing and presumed dead.

2000 landfill collapse in Quezon City, Philippines

The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines, on July 10, 2000. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 houses.

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