Concept information
Preferred term
Buffalo Creek disaster
Definition
- In late February 1972, a coal waste impoundment dam along Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, collapsed. The resulting flood killed 125 people and caused over $50 million in damage. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Buffalo Creek Disaster]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Buffalo_Creek_disaster
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