062 BRAZIL (DAM BURST)

Brazil

The burst of the Fundão dam on the River Doce in Minas Gerais state on 5 November flooded communities within 100 km of the mine. At least nine people were killed and 50 injured. The death toll is expe...

Country Brazil
Crisis Type Conflict/Civil Unrest
Alert Type Rapid onset
Alerting agency Christian Aid

062 BRAZIL (DAM BURST)

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Not Allocated

Decision Summary: The Start Fund Committee (Rota 2) unanimously decided to not activate the Start Fund in Brazil. The Committee agreed that although there were humanitarian consequences as the result of this disaste...

Decision making body: Start Fund Committee (historically Allocation Committee)

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