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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 in kalapana there is 30 or so houses that are built on the flow that took kalapana. 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 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 "caugh...
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 approximately two meters, in the village nearest to the spill site. reports from people who are at the scene said it moved faster than you could run. >> the crimson river pushes cars out of the way and sends residents running for their li...
>> there was practically no warning for the people. >> it is a two-fold disaster. while multiple residents drown, many more suffer exposure to the deadly material. >> any person coming in contact with red mud is liable to suffer from caustic burns. >> the full extent of the disaster remains unknown. >> the first time that a major spill has happened with this material. >> and this environmental catastrophe is all caught on camera. october 4th, 2010. 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 rele...
Turbulent relationship with nature in the aloha state. a phenomenon nick plans to document for year to come. coming up, a tsunami-like wave of red mud leaves a small town in ruins. >> it moved faster than you could run. follow the wings.