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Brazil dam collapse releases huge flow of mud; deaths feared

A dam collapsed in southeast Brazil Friday, unleashing a torrent of mud that was feared to have killed a number of people living in an area close to the city of Belo Horizonte, a local fire service ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

BHP Group found liable in Brazil dam collapse

LONDON -- A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...
Greenwich Time

A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an ...
NBC 6 South Florida

40 Dead, Many Feared Buried in Mud After Brazil Dam Collapse

The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Saturday as searchers flying in helicopters and rescuers laboring in deep mud uncovered more ...
PBS

Judge finds BHP Group liable in dam collapse that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster

LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...