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Word: huayco (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1962-1962
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Above the town, a 60-year-old widow named Zoila Cristina Angel watched the huayco's passage. "I saw it sweep by like a river, carrying away one farmer after another. Voices called 'Run! Run!' but I could not run. I could not move. I could not speak. I just looked at that awful thing that came rushing at us like the end of the world.'' Luckily it passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: Carpet of Death | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

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