Page 6 - Red Mud News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Waste built up at the reservoir is released, the resulting spill is colossal, surging into multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red stain. >> it seems very similar to the deepwater horizon spill in terms of impact in recent memory. the amount of material released is roughly equivalent in both spills. >> after rushing through the town, the wave of destruction subsides. the damage is immense. >> people in their homes, mostly in the village of kolontar lost their lives due to drowning and about 150 other people were caught up in the red mud and needed hospital attention due to ex...

Repository and from the affected parts of the environment to look at what happens to red mud that's being left in the soil and what possible hazards are involved with that. >> in all, ten people lose their lives in the disaster. dozens of homes are ruined and 15 square miles of land are affected. all of this devastation leaves more questions than answers. >> because it's the first spill of this type of material, no one has really studied how this material behaves in a natural environment. >> in time, more will be understood. meanwhile, the investigation into the cause of the breach is under wa...

The continuing saga of man's turbulent relationship with nature in the aloha state. a phenomenon nick plans to be around to document for years to come. coming up, a tsunami-like wave of red mud leaves a small town in ruins. >> it moved faster than you could run. >> when caught on camera: man versus nature continues. [ male announcer ] take zzzquil and sleep like...

Happened with this material. >> and it is all caught on camera. october 4th, 2010 with, at an aluminum plant in hungary, a breach in the wall of a containment dam releases 3500 cubic feet of toxic red sludge. >> when it released, it created a flood that moved down the valley extremely rapidly. >> the residue known as red mud is a by-product of the aluminum creation process. to dispose of the red mud it is normally dried and covered with soil and grass. but today, it pours down on hundreds of unsuspecting citizens. the unstoppable rush of wave waste hits one town particularly hard. >> a tsunami...

People in the gulf of mexico in terms of impact in recent memories. the amount of material released is equivalent in both spills. >> after rushing through the town the wave of destruction subsides. the damage is immense. >> people in their homes, mostly in the village lost their life due to drowning. about 150 other people were caught up in the red mud and needed hospital attention due to the alkaline nature of the red mud. >> the land could be irreparably harmed. as recovery efforts drag on in the months following, dr. burke travels to hungary and witnesses the aftermath firsthand. >> we went...