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Word: aqui (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Huarás was practically destroyed. The beautiful resort city of Yungay, at the foot of towering Mount Huascarán, all but disappeared, like a modern Pompeii, beneath a layer of mud. When the government distributed an aerial photograph of the morass, the picture had to be labeled "Aqui estuvo Yungay" -Yungay was here. From the air, nothing was visible but the tops of four palm trees that had stood in the main square, the Plaza de Armas, and a white statue of Jesus in the cemetery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Infernal Thunder Over Peru | 6/15/1970 | See Source »

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