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By Andrew Alden, About.com Guide to Geology since 1997

Deadly Rockfall in Egypt

Saturday September 6, 2008
The Associated Press reports on a deadly "rockslide" that has killed dozens of people in Egypt. More exactly, it appears from the photos to be a rockfall, triggered as water from homes at the top of the rocky cliff near Cairo leaked into and weakened the strata there.

See more about the types of landslides.

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