Ke ʻimi nei ka poʻe kinai ahi o Brazil ma luna o 200 poʻe i nalowale ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o kahi pā ma kahi lua hao. He nui ka poʻe i paʻa i ka muliwai o ka lepo i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka wā i hāʻule ai ka pā.
ʻO ka dam, nona ka hui eli ʻana ʻo Vale SA, hāʻule hapa i ka Pōʻalima, e hoʻouna ana i nā kahawai o ka lepo a me ka ʻōpala i loko o ka ululāʻau a me nā kauhale ma lalo. Holoi ka lua i nā alanui a luku i nā hale ma kona ala.
Ua hōʻike aku ka Pelekikena Brazil ʻo Jair Bolsonaro i nā ʻoluʻolu, a ua hoʻolaha ʻia ua hoʻouna ʻia nā Kuhina o ka Hoʻomohala ʻĀpana a me nā Mines a me Energy, a me ke poʻo o ka ʻāina ʻo Civil Defense i ka wahi.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka pā e ka hui hoʻokahi nāna i mālama i kekahi pā ma ka mokuʻāina like ʻo Minas Gerais i loaʻa i ka pōʻino pōʻino i ka makahiki 2015. ʻO ka pōʻino kaiapuni maikaʻi loa ma ka mōʻaukala o Brazil, ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka muliwai ma lalo me nā ʻōpala hao ʻona, a make ma kahi o 17 mau kānaka. a me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā haneli he nui.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The dam is operated by the same company that oversaw another dam in the same state of Minas Gerais that suffered catastrophic failure in 2015.
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed condolences, and announced that the Ministers of Regional Development and Mines and Energy, as well as the country's Civil Defense chief have been sent to the area.
- The worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history, the incident flooded the river below with toxic iron waste, killing at least 17 people and displacing hundreds more.
