A dam has failed on Malau after a month of heavy rain, flood water then destroyed a chemical factory down stream causing a huge toxic explosion. A state of emergency has been called on Malau with over three hundred confirmed dead and over a thousand seriously injured.
The Malau health system has been overwhelmed by the crisis. NS have dispatched the hospital ship SS Doctor Alban to the planet, hundreds of the most seriously injured will be taken for medical care on Liberation. Three transports with relief supplies are also due to arrive at Malau in the next few days.
