40 dead, 300 estimated missing after dam holding back waste bursts in Brazil

40 dead, 300 estimated missing after dam holding back waste bursts in Brazil

Workers with Brazilian mining company Vale were eating lunch Friday afternoon when the dam collapsed, unleashing a sea of reddish-brown mud that knocked over and buried several structures of the company and surrounding areas.
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