Toxic sludge floods Hungary villages

1. Toxic sludge floods Hungary villages

2. A Hungarian soldier wearing chemical protection gear walks through a street flooded by toxic sludge.

3. The ruptured wall of a red sludge reservoir of the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in Kolontar

4. An aerial view of the broken dike of a reservoir containing red mud from an alumina factory near Ajka

5. An aerial view of the red mud covering streets and neighborhood of Kolontar

6. Cars are piled up in a flooded parking lot in Devecser

7. Aluminum workers leave the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant after the Hungarian authorities suspended its licence in the town of Ajka

8. A crushed off-road vehicle is seen on the banks of the Torna stream

9. Logs carried in by the flooding toxic mud cover a yard in the town of Devecser

10. An animal lies dead in the toxic mud.

11. A rescue helicopter lands on the road

12. Local residents are rescued by excavators

13. A shopkeeper squats on the counter of a flooded petrol station

14. An aerial view of the red mud covered streets and debris scattered in Devecser

15. A woman contemplates the damage in Devecser

16. Janos Kis (left) and Tunde Erdelyi look at their home flooded by toxic mud.

17. Tunde Erdelyi rescues a cat from the toxic sludge.

18. A 34-year old resident checks his new furniture in Kolontar.

19. A family photograph is covered by toxic mud in a destroyed home.

20. Local residents are rescued by excavators next to a gas station while firefighters in the foreground wade through the mud.

21. A villager passes by a dead dog killed in a flood of toxic mud.

22. The ruptured wall of a reservoir of residue at an aluminum plant in Ajka is seen from the village of Kolontar on October 6.

23. A villager is reflected in a pool of toxic mud, while walking through his backyard.

24. A Greenpeace activist takes a sample of the toxic sludge.

25. A 76-year-old woman is followed by a journalist as she returns to her home

26. A dead fish and a corn cob lie stuck to the windshield of a car damaged by the toxic red mud.

27. An aerial view of a car in a flooded area covered with red mud.

28. A man walks in sludge mixed with debris in Kolontar.

29. Splashed toxic sludge residue covers the walls and door of residence near Ajkai.

30. A Hungarian Army soldier wearing a chemical protection outfit cleans a street of Devecser.

31. Jozsef Holczer stands in his yard flooded by toxic mud.