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Mon 08 Aug 2008Landslide cuts water supplies to 30,000 in north Kerry
UP TO 30,000 people in north Kerry will be without a water supply from today after a landslide of elevated blanket bog in the Stacks Mountains polluted water courses and threatened reservoirs.
The slow slide, which began on Friday afternoon, came to a stop late on Saturday night, reaching over two kilometres in length and up to 55m wide in places. As a result, one house was cut off while the mud came within feet of another. It swept away at least one bridge, blocked a number of minor roads, covered a river and knocked telephone poles.
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