The scene of a landslide at Nefyn on the remote Lleyn peninsula in North Wales, in which a woman was killed and a man critically injured. Seven cars were believed to have been caught in the landslip. * with two of them were reported to have been swept at least 40ft down towards the sea and were left sticking out of the mud as emergency services launched a major rescue operation in the face of an incoming tide. The woman who died was recovered by a lifeboat but declared dead at the lifeboat base at nearby Porthdinllaen.

The scene of a landslide at Nefyn on the remote Lleyn peninsula in North Wales, in which a woman was killed and a man critically injured. Seven cars were believed to have been caught in the landslip.  *   with two of them were reported to have been swept at least 40ft down towards the sea and were left sticking out of the mud as emergency services launched a major rescue operation in the face of an incoming tide. The woman who died was recovered by a lifeboat but declared dead at the lifeboat base at nearby Porthdinllaen. Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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2D31CJD

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1648 x 966 px | 27.9 x 16.4 cm | 11 x 6.4 inches | 150dpi

Date taken:

2 January 2001

Photographer:

Phil Noble

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