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On July 17, more than
. . . 70 million tonnes of ice broke off from the Aru glacier in the mountains of western Tibet, and
. . . tumbled into a valley below, taking the lives of
. . . 9 nomadic yak herders living there.

The most important fact about the July 17 avalanche is, that it lasted only  
, , , 4 - 5 minutes, yet it managed to bury
. . . 3.7 square miles of the valley floor in that time, researchers said.

12-11-2016 Source:  Deadly Tibet Avalanche