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Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
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Tangiwai disaster
1953 railway accident in New Zealand
The Tangiwai disaster was a railway accident that occurred at 10:21 p.m. on 24 December 1953, when a railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapsed beneath an express passenger train at Tangiwai, North Island, New Zealand. The locomotive and the first six carriages derailed…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
New Zealand
Island country in the Pacific Ocean
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and over 600 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
North Island
One of the two main New Zealand islands
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of 113,729 km2 (43,911 sq mi), it is the world's 14th-largest island, constituting 43% of New Zealand's land area. It has a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tangiwai
Rural community in Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Tangiwai is a 2,696.66 km2 (1,041.19 sq mi) census area and a small rural community in the Ruapehu District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east of Ohakune and Rangataua and west of Waiouru on State Highway 49. In 2018 37.5% of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lahar
Volcanic mudslide
A lahar is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water. The material flows down from a volcano, typically along a river valley.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 24
Day of the year
December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; seven days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)