Brazil dam break kills 4, leaves 11 people missing
Friday, May 29, 2009
SAO PAULO -- Raging torrents from a ruptured dam swamped a small rural Brazilian city Thursday, killing four people and destroying at least 120 homes in a region already devastated by more than a month of floods. Eleven people were missing, 80 suffered minor injuries and nearly 3,000 were forced from their homes.
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