Slovenia's Deadliest Landslide: Seven Die in Alpine Catastrophe
A massive landslide buried the village of Log pod Mangartom in Slovenia, killing seven people and destroying homes, roads, and infrastructure across the alpine valley. The disaster, one of Slovenia's worst natural catastrophes in a century, prompted a national reassessment of geological monitoring in the country's mountainous regions.
November 17, 2000
26 years ago
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