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An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.
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1995 Súðavík avalanche
Avalanche in Iceland
The 1995 Súðavík avalanche was an avalanche that struck the small fishing village of Súðavík in Iceland’s Westfjords on 16 January 1995, killing 14 people, including eight children, and injuring twelve. The disaster, along with the avalanche that killed 20 in Flateyri later in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Súðavík
Municipality in Westfjords, Iceland
Súðavík is a fishing village and municipality on the west coast of Álftafjörður in Westfjords, Iceland.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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