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Boulders crash onto Spanish beach, at least two dead
Nov 1, 2009, 18:24 GMT
Santa Cruz, Spain - Two people were killed when boulders crashed on to a popular beach location on the Spanish Canary Island resort of Tenerife, local media reported Sunday.
Six people were trapped underneath the rocks, with two women - a Briton and a Spaniard - were pulled dead from the rocks while the rest remain missing.
The beach on the coast area known as Los Gigantes is located beneath a rockface. According to the internet edition of the daily La Opinion de Tenerife, falling rock as large as five metres thick fell 50 metres to the beach.
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