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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > ideologies > libertarianism > libertarianism and policy > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > Buffalo Creek disaster
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > Buffalo Creek disaster
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > campaigns, elections, and the law > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > Buffalo Creek disaster
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > population and environment > pollution > Buffalo Creek disaster

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Buffalo Creek disaster  

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  • In late February 1972, a coal waste impoundment dam along Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, collapsed. The resulting flood killed 125 people and caused over $50 million in damage. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Buffalo Creek Disaster]

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