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Residents have come to build on top of the rock, even though they know the fury may return at any moment. >> what amazes me is the fact that after it came down, burned a few houses and it was present in the area, people would still build houses. right now there are 30 or so houses that are built on the flow that took it. they're sprouting up. >> the 1990 disaster in this village is just one chapter in the continuing saga of man's turbulent relationship with nature in the aloha state. a phenomenon nick plans to document for years to come. coming up, a tsunami-like wave of red mud leaves a sma...

Waste built up at the reservoir is released the results spill is colossal surging into multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red stain. >> it seems very similar to the deep horizon spill. 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 and about 150 other people were caught up in the red mud and needed hospital attention due to the red mud. >> the land could be irreparably harmed. dr. burke...

At an aluminum plant in hungary, a breach in the wall of a containment dam releases 35 million cubic feet of toxic, red sludge. >> when it was released it created a flood that moved in the valley extremely rapidly. >> residue, traditionally known as red mud, is a by-product of the aluminum creation process. to dispose of this red mud, it is normally dried and then covered with soil and grass. but, today, it pours down on hundreds of unsuspecting citizens. the unstoppable rush of waste hits one town particularly hard. >> a tsunami-like wave moved on the valley and rose to a height of approximat...

Blood red stain. >> seems similar to the deep water horizon spill. 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 lost their lives due to drowning and 5 drowninge were caught up in red mud and needed hospitalization due to the caustic nature of the red mud it. >> and the land could be irreparably harmed. dr. burke travels to hungary and witnesses the aftermath firsthand. >> we went back primarily to recover samples from the repository ...