Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from
nearby aluminum processing plant broke through its containment reservoir — killing two, causing
dozens of injuries, and creating an environmental disaster on a scale yet to be fully realized.According to the Associated Press, the incident occurred when a reservoir brimming with the toxic sludge, a byproduct from aluminum processing, overtook the levee designed to contain it, flooding two
villages 100 miles southwest of Budapest.