Massive boulders fell away from the from the Muqattam cliffs outside Cairo and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shanty town. At least 18 people were reported killed and hundreds may be buried. CNN reports that some of the boulders were the size of small homes.
At least eight boulders, some the size of small houses, peeled away from the towering Muqattam cliffs outside Cairo and buried 50 homes in the sprawling Manshiyet Nasr slum, one of the shantytowns ringing Africa's most populous city.
It was the latest disaster to stir public anger at a government accused by many of neglect. A lawmaker representing the area said that despite warnings that the cliff face could collapse, the government failed to deliver on promises to relocate residents.
The collapse occurred in the early morning, when most residents were still sleeping after waking earlier to eat before the daytime fast of Islam's holy month of Ramadan.
The video below is from the Associated Press. You can watch another video here from National Geographic.
