Coal tip inspections under way after Welsh landslide

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Residents fear Aberfan-style disaster in aftermath of Storm Dennis

The effects of Storm Dennis could set off another Aberfan-style disaster, experts have warned, as former coal tips in the Welsh valleys undergo emergency inspections before further flooding is expected.Across some areas of Britain, a month’s worth of rain is predicted to fall over the next 24 hours, the Environment Agency has said.

 

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I thought they had landscaped the soil tips?

They didn’t learn the lesson of aberfan then?

This brings back horrid memories.

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