Landslide buries Valley of Geysers

A severe landslide has nearly obliterated one of Russia’s most noted natural wonders, the Valley of Geysers, officials and environmental activists said.

The valley in the Kronotsky national reserve on the Kamchatka peninsula contained about 90 geysers, as well as an array of thermal pools, and was the region’s most popular tourist attraction.

A snow-covered mound collapsed Sunday and buried two-thirds of the valley under a slide about a mile long and 600 feet wide, park ranger Valery Tsypkov said. It stopped just yards from the valley’s only hotel. No injuries were reported.