Brazilian villages evacuated after warnings of dam collapse
by Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#4BPNE)
Mining giant Vale raised level of risk at a dam in Bario de Cocais to highest alert meaning rupture is imminent
The Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Saturday that communities in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais had been ordered to evacuate after independent auditors found that one of its dams could collapse at any moment.
On Friday, the company raised the level of risk at a mining waste dam in the city of Bario de Cocais to three, the highest grade. According to Brazil's mining and energy secretary, level three means that "a rupture is imminent or already happening".
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