Guardian: Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for dozens of people missing after a pair of dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine owned by two of the world’s biggest iron ore producers.
Walls of water filled with mining waste cascaded downhill when the dams burst on Thursday, engulfing a nearby village in a sea of mud and flooding others far removed from the open-pit Samarco mine jointly owned by BHP Billiton and Vale.
“I heard screaming and saw the water coming fast, about 15 to 20 metres......
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Dozens missing BHP-Vale mine disaster in Brazil as rescue continues
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 7th, 2015
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