Death toll from Vale dam disaster in Brazil rises to 134

Death toll from Vale dam disaster in Brazil rises to 134
Residents attend a service in memory for victims of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Copyright ADRIANO MACHADO(Reuters)
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BRUMADINHO (Reuters) - The death toll from the failure of a tailings dam operated by miner Vale SA in Brazil rose to 134 while 199 people are still unaccounted for, according to a statement from the rescue team on Monday.

(Reporting by Marta Nogueira, writing by Ana Mano; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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