A dead fish and a corn cob lie stuck to the windshield of a car damaged by the toxic red mud from the damaged reservoir of a nearby Ajka alumina factory in Devecser, Hungary, on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)
A crushed off-road vehicle is seen on the banks of the Torna stream in the of village of Kolontar, Hungary on October 4, 2010. (INDEX ATTILA NAGY/AFP/Getty Images)
The Big Picture brings us some heartbreaking images of the environmental disaster that began in Hungary several days ago.
Several local streams and rivers have been destroyed as the toxic mud flows downstream to the Danube River.
See images here: http://tinyurl.com/a-flood-of-toxic-sludge
Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube
By PABLO GORONDI , 10.07.10, 06:13 PM EDT
Associated Press
KOLONTAR, Hungary -- The toxic red sludge that burst out of a Hungarian factory's reservoir reached the mighty Danube on Thursday after wreaking havoc on smaller rivers and creeks, and downstream nations rushed to test their waters.
The European Union and environmental officials fear an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminates the Danube, Europe's second-longest river.
Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/2ub26jb
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