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Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await volcanic eruption
Yahoo News   15 March 2021   Iceland   Grindavik  
A view of the eruption site near Keilir
<p>COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an unprecedented seismic event, which might well end in a spectacular ...
13 dead, dozens missing after two landslides hit village
Yahoo News   12 January 2021   Indonesia   West Java province  
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in the village left at a number of people died and injured, officials said. Source: AP
<p><br />Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia&rsquo;s West Java province over the weekend.<br />At least 13 people were killed and 29 others injured in the landslides that were triggered by heavy ...
Brazil mining flood could devastate environment for years
Yahoo News   15 November 2015   Brazil   Bento Rodriguez  
General view from above of a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd that burst, in Mariana, Brazil
<p>RIO DOCE, Brazil (Reuters) - The collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine has cut off drinking water for quarter of a million people and saturated waterways downstream with dense orange sediment that could wreck the ecosystem for years to come.<br>Nine ...
Brazil mine mudslide kills at least 17
Yahoo News   06 November 2015   Brazil   Bento Rodriguez  
<p>Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - A dam burst at a mining waste site in Brazil, unleashing a deluge of thick, red toxic mud that smothered a village and killed at least 17 people, an official said.</p> <p>More than 50 more were injured in the disaster in southeastern ...
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