9 dead, 300 missing after mining dam collapses in Brazil

Brazil mining dam collapse.
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At least nine people are dead and 300 more are missing after a dam collapsed in Brazil on Friday.

Mine workers were eating lunch Friday when a dam holding back tons of "reddish-brown sludge" collapsed, per The Associated Press. The mining waste flooded the worksite and poured into the nearby town of Brumadinho. Rescuers have so far recovered nine bodies, the governor's office of Minas Gerais state said, but it fears there will be many more.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.