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Word: aguarico (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...earthquakes set off severe flooding and mud slides in the highlands above the town of Lago Agrio, 150 miles northeast of Quito. A wall of mud and water careered eastward along the channel of the Aguarico River, sweeping away everything in its path. Entire villages, along with bridges, roads and crowded buses, were buried in thousands of tons of mud. The deluge left as many as 110,000 people homeless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador Slow Killers | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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