Another Brazil dam at risk, 200 evacuated

Updated February 18 2019 - 12:16am, first published 12:10am
Vale is evacuating more communities near its mines' tailings dams over fears they could burst.
Vale is evacuating more communities near its mines' tailings dams over fears they could burst.

Around 200 residents have been evacuated from an area near a tailings dam in Brazil operated by Vale SA amid fears that it is structurally weak and could burst like a similar barrier failure last month that killed 300 people.

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