Scores missing as deadly mudslide flattens Brazil village
Firefighters rescued 500 survivors Friday from a torrent of mining waste that killed at least 17 people and destroyed a village after two dams burst in southeastern Brazil. They searched frantically...
View ArticleDeadly mudslide at BHP Billiton, Vale mine in Brazil
A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil that is owned by BHP Billiton and Vale has burst, devastating a nearby town with mudslides, killing at least 17 people and...
View ArticleMine dams burst in Brazil; two dead, homes covered in mud
Damage was widespread Friday in Bento Rodrigues, Brazil, after a dam burst at a mining waste site. A deluge of thick, red mud smothered the village, killing at least two people. (Christophe Simon, AFP)...
View ArticleAt least 15 dead after Brazil iron mine dam bursts and floods nearby homes
Forty-five people are still missing after the disaster in south-eastern Brazil, and video footage shows a village destroyed by muddy tailings waters...
View ArticleBrazil dams burst: Search for missing in Minas Gerais
Rescue workers in south-eastern Brazil are continuing a search for 19 people who are missing feared dead after two dams holding waste water from an iron ore mine burst flooding nearby homes. A huge...
View ArticleBrazil dam burst engulfs homes in Minas Gerais
More than a dozen people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil burst, flooding nearby homes. Officials in south-eastern...
View Article'Just 25 minutes to get out alive:' Brazilian villagers flee as two dams...
Brazilian villagers were told they had just 25 minutes to get out alive before a gigantic mud slide released after two...
View ArticleUPDATE 3-Dam burst at Vale, BHP mine devastates Brazilian town
BRASILIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving...
View ArticleDam Bursts at BHP-Owned Mine in Brazil
A dam that burst at an iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil on Thursday triggered deadly mudslides ravaged a nearby town and are...
View ArticleDeath toll from Brazil dam break rises
Two more people have been found dead, following a dam break at an iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil. "In reality there are a lot more, but we can't confirm any more than that. We don't even know...
View ArticleBrazilian rescue teams struggle to reach villages in path of dam burst
Tremor suggested as cause of catastrophe at iron ore mine, which occurred as ‘normal scheduled work’ took place...
View ArticleBrazil community flooded after dam burst at BHP and Vale-owned iron ore mine
A rural community in southeast Brazil has been devastated and an undetermined number of people are dead after a mining company’s dam suddenly burst. The structure that failed is a tailing dam, used to...
View ArticleDam burst at Vale, BHP mine devastates Brazilian town
Brasilia: A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the...
View ArticleDam burst at mining site devastates Brazilian town
A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in the southeastern Minas Gerais state has burst, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the remote region scrambling to...
View ArticleMine dam bursts in Brazil, flooding town
A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the remote...
View Article2 Dams Burst In Brazil Flooding Villages With Possible Toxin Filled Mud,...
At approximately 4:20 p.m. on Thursday in south-eastern Brazil a pair of dams burst and flooded nearby towns. The dams had been tasked with holding back waste water from one of Brazil’s iron ore mines....
View ArticleTwo dead as search for missing 28 in Brazil dam burst continues
Mariana, Brazil: Brazilian authorities confirmed a second death caused by a massive mudflow and flooding that swamped towns near an iron ore mine owned by BHP Billiton and Vale in the southeastern...
View ArticleMine dams burst in Brazil; 2 dead, homes covered in mud
MARIANA, Brazil — Rescuers on Friday spirited survivors out of a mountainous area of southeastern Brazil that was flooded with a sea of viscous, clay-red mud after two dams burst at an iron ore mine....
View ArticleBrazil gives $66m initial fine to mine after dam burst kills seven people
President Rousseff announced the fines against mine co-owners BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA, after last week’s burst coated two states in mud and waste...
View ArticleNumber of deaths in Brazil mine disaster will surely rise: mayor
Mariana: The death toll from two collapsed dams at a Brazilian mine will surely rise in coming days, a local mayor said on Saturday, as up to 10 residents of the nearest village remain missing in...
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