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Notable non-water floods in history: from molasses to toxic waste spills

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Sep 30, 2025
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Here is a list of notable non-water floods throughout history, from around the world. A non-water flood in this context is the unfortunate event where a substance (like molasses) floods from a storage facility in a large quantity, or when an industrial reservoir has a toxic waste spill. Although it may not seem likely, storage facility floods can be fat…

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