Residents in the town of Brumadinho, Brazil have been left in mourning on Thursday, rocked by tragedy after a local dam burst, sending out a torrent of sludge that has left nearly hundred dead and hundreds still missing.
The town came together to mourn and remember the victims – who are family, friends, and neighbours – for mass at a local church.
According to officials, the collapse of the dam in the hilly, pastoral region has killed at least ninety-nine people, with another two hundred and fifty missing and likely dead.
The search and recovery efforts have taken their toll on weary firefighters, helicopter pilots and volunteers yet residents in the devastated town of Brumadinho have been unmoved, in shock and anger as one dead body after another has been pulled from the mud.
