At least nine dead after dam bursts in Brazil

A rural community in southeast Brazil was devastated on Thursday after at least nine people were left dead when a mining company’s dam suddenly burst. Television images from the city of Mariana, in Minas Gerais state, showed heavy trucks overturned and dozens of homes awash in red mud. The mine is operated by Samarco, a joint venture between the Australian mining giant, BHP Billiton, and the Brazilian company, Vale. Samarco said in a statement it had not yet determined why the dam burst, nor the extent of the disaster at its Germano mine near the town. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVNEWSbeijing Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvnews-app/id922456579?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imib.cctv Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvnewschina Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCTVNEWS Google+: https://plus.google.com/+CCTVNEWSbeijing Tumblr: http://cctvnews.tumblr.com/ Weibo: http://weibo.com/cctvnewsbeijing