Red Dread

7 cities of Hungary were hit by the flood of water waste from a neraby aluminum plant. The mud is radioactive and highly corrosive, damaging the nearby farms and fields. The accident occured on Monday, October the 4th. By now, 123 persons have been injured, 8 were prounounced missing, and 4 dead. The aluminum waste can cause skin burns and blindness if gets in your eyes.
The mud - a residue from aluminum production which is slightly radioactive, highly corrosive and contains toxic heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and chromium -- destroyed all vegetation other than trees and seeped into hundreds of houses in the villages and contaminated waterways.
The devastation spread across an area of 40 square kilometers, and is going towards the Danub which goes through Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Trying to prevent more damage, 500 people are cleaning up the cities and the inside of houses. Officials said that this is the biggest chemical damage they ever had!

http://news.discovery.com/earth/hungary-toxic-sludge-spill-cleanup.html