Energy and Environment

9 dead, search for 300 missing after Brazil dam collapse

By Associated Press
Published January 26, 2019 2:39pm ET
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9 dead, search for 300 missing after Brazil dam collapse
An aerial view shows flooding triggered by a dam collapse near Brumadinho, Brazil. | (Bruno Correia/Nitro via AP)

SAO PAULO (AP) — Rescuers in helicopter on Saturday searched for survivors in a huge area in southeastern Brazil buried by mud from the collapse of dam holding back mine waste, with at least nine people dead and up to 300 missing.

Nearly a full day since the disaster happened, finding many more survivors was looking increasingly unlikely.

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