meters especially in the village nearest to the spill site. reports from people who were at the scene said that it moved faster than you could run. the crimson river pushes cars out of the way and sends residents running for their lives. translator: my 82-year-old father pushed my mother up to the window. we took him to the hospital because the alkalie burnt his legs. an incident overseas tonight has a lot of people wondering, could this kind of thing happen here. the devastating footage is broadcast worldwide. among those watching is dr. ian burke, a professor of environmental geochemistry at the university of leeds and an expert in toxic spills. i saw it on the news like everybody else and was struck by the magnitude of it and the news pictures. though only a fraction of the waste built up at the reservoir is released, the resulting spill is colossal, surging into multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red
reports from people on the scene have said that it moved faster than you could run. the crimson river pushes cars out of the way and sends residents running for their lives. translator: my 82-year-old father pushed my mother up to the window. we took him to the hospital because it burnt his legs. an incident overseas tonight has a lot of people wondering, could this kind of thing happen here. the devastating footage is broadcast worldwide. among those watching is dr. ian burke, a professor of environmental geochemistry at the university of leeds and an expert in toxic spills. i saw it on the news like everybody else and was struck by the magnitude of it and these pictures. though only a fraction of the waste built up at the res voyeur is released, the resulting spill is colossal, surging into multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red stain. it seems very similar to the
is colossal, surging into multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red stain. it seems very similar to the deep water horizon spill in the gulf of mexico. the amount of material released is roughly equivalent in both spills. after rushing through the town, the wave of destruction subsides. the damage is immense. people in their homes, mostly in the village of kolontar, lost their lives due to drowning and about 150 other people were caught up in the red mud and needed hospital attention due to the caustic red mud. and the land could be irreparably harmed. as recovery efforts drag on in the months following, dr. burke travels to hungary and witnesses the aftermath firsthand. we went back primarily to recover samples from the repository and from the affected parts of the environment to look
waste built up at the reservoir is released, the resulting spill is colossal, surging into multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red stain. it seems very similar to the deepwater horizon spill in terms of impact in recent memory. the amount of material released is roughly equivalent in both spills. after rushing through the town, the wave of destruction subsides. the damage is immense. people in their homes, mostly in the village of kolontar lost their lives due to drowning and about 150 other people were caught up in the red mud and needed hospital attention due to exposure to the caustic alkaline nature of the red mud. the land could be irreparably harmed. as recovery efforts drag on in the months following, dr. burke travels to hungary and witnesses the aftermath firsthand. we went back primarily to recover samples from the
the reports from people who were at the scene said it moved faster than you could run. the crimson river pushes cars out of the way and sends residents running if their lives. my 82-year-old father push mid mother to the window. we took him to the hospital because the ail alkaline. the devastating footage is broadcast worldwide. among those watching is a professor of environment algae owe chemistry at the university of lee and an expert in toxic spills. i saw it on the news, like everybody else and was struck by the magnitude from the pictures. though only a fraction of the waste built up at the reservoir is released, the resulting spill is colossal, surging in to multiple towns and giving the region a haunting blood red stain. it seems people similar to