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Lahar slides safely past

By 2007-05-01T10:00:00

AN ESTIMATED 1?34?million cubic metres of volcanic mud, rock and water swept down the Whangaehu River valley on the morning of March 18, bringing peak river levels to 6?5?m at the Tangiwai Bridge, infamous as scene of New Zealand’s worst railway disaster.The ’lahar’ was caused when the rim of Mount ...

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