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On January 25, 2019, the people of Brumadinho, Brazil, found out how dam failure can be a catastrophe when a mining dam broke and 270 people were killed.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-damn-the-dam-dam-disasters
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On January 25, 2019, the people of Brumadinho, Brazil, found out how dam failure can be a catastrophe when a mining dam broke and 270 people were killed.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-damn-the-dam-dam-disasters
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A427,_Johnstown_Flood_National_Memorial,_Pennsylvania,_USA,_sign_at_dam_site,_2016.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NOAA_Satellites_Capture_Flooding_from_Dam_Failure_in_Midland,_Michigan_(NESDIS_2020-07-22).png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Conemaugh_Valley_Disaster.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ECDM_20230608_Ukraine_Dam(2).pdf
The image by Senado Federal available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bento_Rodrigues,_Mariana,_Minas_Gerais_(22828958660).jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
The images by Ibama from Brasil available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brumadinho,_Minas_Gerais_(32132223027).jpg and by WaterArchives.org from Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:-IDAHO-L-0011-_Teton_Dam_Flood_-_Newdale_(5811753523).jpg, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:-IDAHO-L-0013-_Teton_Dam_Flood_-_Wilford_(5811893505).jpg, and commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:-IDAHO-L-0046-_Teton_Dam_Flood_-_Rexburg_(5875621716).jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
The image by Josue Marinho available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brumadinho_MG_Brasil_-_Portalda_Cidade_-_panoramio.jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
The images by Eric Marmor / IDF Spokesperson's Unit available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IDF_aid_mission_lands_in_Brazil_(32182656707).jpg and by Skyfiler available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banqiao_Dam_Failture_Waterflow.png are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
The images by Лев Сованенко available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%93%D0%AD%D0%A1.jpg, by Anynobody available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dambstrajj.gif, and by Wuselig available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wickede_(Ruhr)-8348.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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