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Indonesian Mudslide Destroys Towns

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Watch this video about the affects of mudslides on HowStuffWorks. An oil-drilling accident in May 2006 caused massive mudslides which have displaced about 15,000 people near an industrial suburb of Java Island, Indonesia. A once thriving industrial community is now buried beneath 16 meters of mud. See how mudslides work in this news video from Reuters.

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