Mariana dam disaster
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mariana-dam-disaster-176-5779923
title:
Mariana dam disaster
text:
The Mariana dam disaster, also known as the Bento Rodrigues or Samarco dam disaster, occurred on 5 November 2015, when the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo, killing 19 people. The extent of the damage caused by the tailings dam collapse is the largest ever recorded with pol
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description:
2015 environmental disaster near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_dam_disaster
date created:
2015-11-06T03:57:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T16:27:38Z
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