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Local authorities estimate that at least 300 people were affected when their homes were flooded and knocked down by water gushing from a burst mine dam.

The Presidency has confirmed that four people have been reported missing, while 23 patients have been treated for hypothermia and four others for broken legs.

Toll stands at 7, but it is expected to rise much higher. >> reporter: a rescue worker struggles to pull a woman to safety. she is trapped in a atlantic, deep sludge, barely able to hold herself up. finally with some help, she is listed on to a helicopter, covered in mud, appearing exhausted. she is one of those rescued in a deadly disaster that is submerging homes, roads, cars, buses and people. it began when a mining dam burst early friday afternoon, near brazil's southeastern city of brumadinho. it sent huge piles of mud, trapping dozens of people. dozens of rescue workers have been deploye...

Sludge, barely able to hold herself up. finally, with some help, she is lifted on to a helicopter, covered in mud, appearing exhausted. she is rescued in a deadly disaster submerging homes, roads, cars, buses and people. it began when a mining dam burst early friday afternoon near a southeastern city in brazil. huge rivers of mud rushing over the city, trapping scores of people. dozens of rescue workers have been deployed to free them, fighting against the dense mud. a mining giant that manages the collapsed dam apologized for the diz astzer. the ceo asking for forgiveness. this is not the fir...