At the foot of Peru’s highest mountain, the town of Yungay was once a thriving regional capital with 20,000 residents. Then in May 1970, disaster struck.
Adventure travel: South American down a door to the Andes

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At the foot of Peru’s highest mountain, the town of Yungay was once a thriving regional capital with 20,000 residents. Then in May 1970, disaster struck.