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1979 Morbi Damburst vs 1949 Khait landslide

1979 Morbi Damburst
1949 Khait landslide
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1979 Morbi Damburst

Total costsN/A
Deaths 5000
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1949 Khait landslide

Total costsN/A
Deaths 28000

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The Khait or Hoit landslide occurred on July 10, 1949 in the Hoit district in the Gharm Oblast in the Tajikistan, then part of the Soviet Union. 'Khait' is a transliteration from Russian: Хаит; local modern spelling: Hoit (Tajik: Ҳоит). The landslide was triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake and buried 33 villages and has by some estimates killed 28,000 people. News of the landslide was not publicly revealed by the government and details of the disaster were not revealed until after the fall of the Soviet Union. A marble statue of a woman with her head and hands lowered and an expression of grief was later erected at the site.

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