On september 10, the advancing trash swamped one of the villages from which it emanated, killing a resident. Now it threatens to pollute the sea that provides the livelihood of many people in the area.
The avalanche began when deep fissures appeared in the bens municinal dump. Havy rains or perhaps a seismic disturbance are being blamed for the instability. However, the top has always leaked streams of foul-smelling liquid-evidence,some say, that it had poor drainage-and began to collapse on its own liquefying innards.