Share 'The Aberfan Disaster in England'

The Netflix series "The Crown" brought attention to the Aberfan Disaster of 1966. Disaster struck at about 9.15 on the morning of October 21, 1966, when a colliery waste tip -- a pile of mining waste material -- collapsed following heavy rain. The rainfall in the days prior to the disaster had led to a build-up of water in the tip, saturating the waste material and causing 3.8 million cubic f…