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Canada (5/1o/2010) - All four members of a Quebec family whose home was swallowed by a landslide were found dead Tuesday night.A landslide is when a large piece of land breaks off and goes downhill.
As the sun was setting, rescue workers northeast of Montreal made the grim discovery in the farmhouse caught in a landslide on Monday.
Richard Prefontaine, his wife Lyne and their daughters Amelie, 11, and Anais, 9, were reportedly enjoying Monday night's matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins when the earth beneath their home suddenly gave way in a massive mudslide.
There was no warning, and no time to escape.
The bodies were found late Tuesday, after searchers broke through the top of the house.
"We found them in the television room in the basement . . . where we were told that they would be," said Michel Dore, the associate deputy minister of Quebec's Civil Security Department.
The family was likely caught offguard by the slide, he said. At least two were found still seated on the couch in front of the television.
Questions:
As the sun was setting, rescue workers northeast of Montreal made the grim discovery in the farmhouse caught in a landslide on Monday.
Richard Prefontaine, his wife Lyne and their daughters Amelie, 11, and Anais, 9, were reportedly enjoying Monday night's matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins when the earth beneath their home suddenly gave way in a massive mudslide.
There was no warning, and no time to escape.
The bodies were found late Tuesday, after searchers broke through the top of the house.
"We found them in the television room in the basement . . . where we were told that they would be," said Michel Dore, the associate deputy minister of Quebec's Civil Security Department.
The family was likely caught offguard by the slide, he said. At least two were found still seated on the couch in front of the television.
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1) Where did the story take place?
2) When did the story take place?
3) How many people died in the landslide?
4) What is a landslide?
5) What were the names of the people that died?
6) Where in the house were the bodies found?
Video from MSNBC. Info from the Calgary Herald
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