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When the dam failed, 600,000 m 3 of mining sludge flowed 4 km. The nearest houses were located 300 m downslope of the dam; when the wave of water and tailings reached them, it was 2.5 m high. Seventeen people were killed and there was widespread devastation and environmental damage. Eighty houses were destroyed. [2]
Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine [41] Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil 268 19 July 1985 Val di Stava dam collapse: Tesero, Italy 244 11 March 1864 Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure Sheffield, England, United Kingdom 238 10 June 1972 Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood: Rapid City, South Dakota, United States ...
Val di Stava Dam collapse: Italy: Dam: 268 dead 1985: Apartment building collapse: Castellaneta, Italy: Apartment building: 21 dead, 9 injured [5] 1986: Hotel New World Disaster: Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore: Hotel: 33 dead, 17 injured 1987: L'Ambiance Plaza collapse: Bridgeport, Connecticut, US: Residential tower: 28 dead 1987 ...
‘All of us ended up in the water’: Victims’ relatives, survivors give emotional accounts of Sapelo Island’s gangway collapse Rebekah Riess, CNN October 23, 2024 at 7:14 PM
A wooden cross is laden with Miguel Luna’s personal belongings — his construction uniform and work boots, a family photo, the flag of his native El Salvador — but his body remains missing ...
Monique Calello, Staunton News Leader September 30, 2024 at 12:08 PM Augusta County Fire-Rescue responded to a large number of calls related to the severe weather brought on by Hurricane Helene.
the Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, South Africa occurred on the night of 22 February 1994 when a tailings dam failed and flooded the suburb of Merriespruit, Virginia. Seventeen people were killed as a result. the Church Rock uranium mill spill in New Mexico, 16 July 1979, the largest release of radioactive waste in U.S. history [17]
The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world , with a height of 262 m (860 ft). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is in the valley of the Vajont (river) under Monte Toc , in the municipality of Erto e Casso , 100 km (62 mi ) north of Venice .