#aberfandisaster
1966 Welsh colliery disaster
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First recorded
2026-10-23
What this is
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring. Heavy rain l
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