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The Latest: New dam fears halt search for Brazil dam victimsBRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — The Latest on the deadly mine waste dam collapse in southeastern Brazil (all times local): 8:15 a.m. Brazilian officials have suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse amid fears that another dam owned by the same mining company was at risk of breaking as well. Authorities on Sunday are evacuating several neighborhoods in the city of Brumadinho that are within range of the B6 dam. Pedro Ahiara, spokesman for the firefighters in the state of Minas Gerais, says 'the risk of a breaking continues.' Even before the latest news, hope that loved ones had survived a tsunami of iron ore mine waste from a dam collapse in Brazil was turning to anguish and anger over the increasing likelihood that hundreds of people had died. By Saturday night, when authorities called off rescue efforts until daybreak, the dam collapse toll stood at 40 dead with up to 300 people estimated to be missing.
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The Latest: 7 bodies recovered after Brazil mine collapseSAO PAULO (AP) — The Latest on the Brazil damn collapse (all times local): 9:00 p.m. The governor's office in Minas Gerais state says seven bodies have been recovered after a dam that held back mining waste collapsed in Brazil. Authorities have said as many as 200 are missing. Rescue and recovery efforts are underway on Friday. Parts of the city of Brumadinho were evacuated and firefighters rescued people by helicopter and ground vehicles. Local television channel TV Record showed a helicopter hovering inches off the ground as it pulled people covered in mud out of the waste. Photos showed rooftops poking above an extensive field of the mud, which also cut off roads. The flow of waste reached the nearby community of Vila Ferteco and an administrative office for Brazilian mining company Vale SA, where employees were present.
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Searchers probe deep mud from Brazil dam breach; 65 deadBRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers poked sticks into treacherous mud Monday looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that burst and spilled a flood of iron ore waste. By late in the day, the death toll rose to 65, with 279 people still missing, said Lt. Col. Flavio Godinho of the civil defense department in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. In a sign of the risks posed by the deep mud, Col. Alexandre Ferreira, a doctor with the military police of Minas Gerais, advised rescue crews, volunteers and journalists to take antibiotics to prevent cholera, the bacterial infection leptospirosis and other diseases.
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Vale stock plunges after Brazil disaster; $19 billion in market value lostBrazilian miner Vale SA's shares plunged on Monday, wiping out 71.34 billio...
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