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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Roaring, rushing noises]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People: Whoa. Whoa. That's bad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] It's Sunday, and \Nthe side of a mountain has just collapsed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It crashes through the river that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,runs through the Rhondda Var,\Nnear Tylorstown.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody is injured, but\Nit's only today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sheer scale of that collapse\Nis obvious.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something else that is clear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the amount of coal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was still \Non this mountainside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gerald watched it all happen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Gerald Durham]\NThere was a roar,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could see the muck
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting to slip\Nfrom the top area, there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within a couple of hours,\Nthe whole lot had come down there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] Do you feel vulnerable?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Gerald] Yeah. Yeah.\NWith this going on, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These valleys are surrounded by coal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were built on coal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a frightening prospect,\Nyou know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that could've happened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this side of the mountain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be a totally different outcome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] His father Cliff\Nis a former miner.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at this landslide now,\Nwhat goes through your mind?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cliff Durham] Oh, Aberfan,\Nstraight away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe me, we don't want\Nto see that again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] I've been\Nspeaking to people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this street.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Bryn Heulog, and it's\Nopposite to the landslide.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They described yesterday as eerie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sound of slurry\Ncrashing down the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are just thankful\Nthat this happened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of their homes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not behind them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greenery of the valleys
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disguises the amount of coal\Nthat is still hidden here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1970s, 80s and 90s,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the land was reclaimed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, there are calls\Nby local people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inspect all the areas\Nwhere coal was dumped.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Chris Bryant] We should definitely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be inspecting all the former\Ncoal tips.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making sure that if\Nthere is excessive water in there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that is being drained off,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make sure everything is safe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because obviously, people \Nhave seen the horrific pictures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on television news, of\Nwhat's happened in Ponte Guy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People might not have seen it\Nfor themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is much bigger than\Nit looked on television.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, people are, of course, worried.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is one thing, having water coming,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coursing through your house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is quite another, having, um,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slurry, and the top of the mountain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming down through your house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] But, who is responsible?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who owns the land?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Coal Authority says,\Nit's not them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Councils say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not sure if they do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is responsible for these sites,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who is maintaining them?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Andrew Morgan] At present,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in discussion with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natural Resources, Wales.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clears on the side of the hill.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the big one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rhondda Var is a concern to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have engineers on site right now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monitoring it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] Do you think that is\Nyour land,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Natural Resources Wales' land?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mr. Morgan] We are still in discussion\Nover that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, but at present,\Nwe have engineers on site,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to understand\Nif there is a risk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the properties, or the public.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly there is some concern
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the moment that happened\Nyesterday,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's caused it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it just water on the surface,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or is there a deeper issue\Nwithin the mountain?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is currently under investigation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Rushing noises.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Announcer] This is what happened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a weekend of heavy rain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These valleys know all too well
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the histories with landslides.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, some are questioning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether this was a one-off,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an early warning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rob Osbourne, ITV News.