On November 5, two dams retaining tons of iron-mining waste near the Brazilian town of Bento Rodrigues burst, releasing a massive flood of thick, red toxic mud that flattened buildings and trees, smothered the small town, killed at least four, and left another 28 still missing. The dams are operated by the mining company Samarco, which is jointly owned by two larger mining companies: Vale, from Brazil and BHP Billiton, from Australia. Rescue workers are still searching for survivors as both Samarco and Brazilian authorities have issued statements saying the cause and full extent of the disaster remain undetermined.
Aerial view of damage after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on November 6, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Aerial view of damages after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Brazil, on November 6, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
A rescue worker touches the face of a horse as they try to save it in Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton burst on November 6, 2015.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
Trees covered with mud are pictured after a dam burst in Mariana, Brazil, on November 6, 2015.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
A rescue worker observes the destruction of the small town of Bento Rodrigues after a dam burst on November 6, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
Inhabitants and volunteers clean a street of Barra Longo, 60 kilometers from Mariana, Brazil, on November 7, 2015. Rescuers searched for a third day Saturday the site where an avalanche of mud and mining sludge buried a village in southeastern Brazil.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Rescue workers search for victims in the Bento Rodrigues district, on November 8, 2015.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
A dog sits in a destroyed house in the flooded town of Bento Rodrigues, on November 8, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
Rescue workers walk at the site where the town of Bento Rodrigues stood after two dams burst in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on November 8, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
Brazilian firemen rescue a foal (left) which remained next to its mother after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, on November 6, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Brazilian firemen rescue a foal which was trapped in the mud on November 6, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Cleaning products sit on shelves in a market flooded with mud after the dam burst in Barra Longa, Brazil, on November 7, 2015.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
A truck hangs upside down after a dam burst at the small town of Bento Rodrigues, on November 6, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
An electricity worker attempts to cross a flooded area in Barra Longa, on November 7, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
A rescue worker walks between destroyed houses in the town of Bento Rodrigues, on November 8, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
Rescue workers search for victims at the site where the town of Bento Rodrigues stood, after two dams burst on Thursday, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on November 8, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
Rescue workers take a break from their search for victims in the town of Bento Rodrigues, on November 8, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
A survivor leaves a police car in Bento Rodrigues, on November 8, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Jaqueline da Aparecida Fernandes shows the picture of her brother Mateus Marcio Fernandes, 29, who is missing since the dam where he worked burst in Mariana, Brazil, on November 7, 2015.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
People carry an injured dog they rescued from the flooded town of Bento Rodrigues on November 7, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
A bicycle covered in mud is seen in a street of Barra Longo, 60 km from Mariana, Brazil, on November 07, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Aerial view of damages after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues on November 6, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
Horses struggle in the mud in the flooded town of Bento Rodrigues on November 6, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
A man works on the cleaning of a house flooded with mud after the dam burst on November 7, 2015.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
Aerial view of the small town of Bento Rodrigues after the dam burst on Thursday in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on November 6, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
A rescue worker covered in mud searches for victims at Bento Rodrigues, after two dams burst on Thursday, in Minas Gerais, on November 8, 2015.Felipe Dana / AP
A chicken walks on a cable in Bento Rodrigues, three days after an avalanche of mud and mining sludge buried the town in southeastern Brazil, on November 8, 2015.Christophe Simon / AFP / Getty
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