Aberfan Disaster Facts
A tall ridge that loomed over the Aberfan village. On October 21 1966 at 915 am there was a landslide of a colliery spoil tip in the small village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. The…
A tall ridge that loomed over the Aberfan village. On October 21 1966 at 915 am there was a landslide of a colliery spoil tip in the small village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. The…
The disaster was entirely the fault of the National Coal Board NCB. This lesson highlights the disaster that took place at Aberfan in 1966 to show how the development of natural resources can have tr…