An avalanche on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huascarán" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Huascarán">Huascarán</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peru">Peru</a> causes around 4,000 deaths.<sup about="#mwt121" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_11#cite_note-23" id="mwAQs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQw">[23]</span></a></sup>
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