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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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ZQDHN2JT-R

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