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Posted by: Mazur Rodica
News / International
31 Jan. 2019 / 09:50
Death Toll In Brazil Nears 100
Brazilian rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 99 people buried after the rupture last week of a Vale tailings dam, and with over 250 people still missing, relatives at the disaster site are fast losing hope, Reuters reports.
No survivors have been found in the area of the dam burst since Saturday, indicating the death toll could rise to as many as 360 people, which would make it Brazil's deadliest-ever mining accident.
Some relatives of people unaccounted for are joining rescue teams in the hope of at least finding their loved ones' bodies, buried after the dam on Friday released a river of slurry - the muddy byproduct of iron ore processing.
A worker who narrowly escaped the crushing of the company cafeteria told Reuters he doubted anyone inside had made it out alive.
U.N. human rights experts earlier on Wednesday called for an official investigation into the disaster. Baskut Tuncak, a U.N. expert on the disposal of hazardous substances, urged Brazil to prioritize dam safety evaluations and block new tailing dams until safety could be ensured.
A Minas Gerais state court ordered on Wednesday that no more licenses should be issued to projects using the type of dam similar to that of Brumadinho.
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