At least 24 people were killed on September 6, 2008, when several enormous boulders broke off from the Muqattam Cliffs outside of Cairo, Egypt, burying about 50 homes in the Manshiyet Nsar slum.Authorities fear whole families are buried beneath the rockfall.
It was six hours before the first rescue teams arrived at the densely occupied shantytown, occupied mostly by migrants from the countryside who cannot find housing inside Cairo.The New York Times:... Cliff Flattens Cairo District (September 6, 2008) FOX News: Rock Slide in Egyptian Village Kills 18 (September 6, 2008)
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Egyptian government blamed for slow emergency response and poor living conditionsThe New York Times:... Cliff Flattens Cairo District (September 6, 2008)
