Meanwhile, frantic efforts are underway to stop the contaminated slurry from reaching the Danube and affecting half a dozen other nations.
"The emergency rescue teams have an enormous task ahead of them," Sky's Europe correspondent Alex Rossi said.
"It's estimated cleaning up the toxic sludge could take at least 12 months - but life here is likely to never be the same again."
The tide of dirt, which is a by-product of aluminium production, is caustic and can prove fatal if swallowed.
Hundreds of people had to be evacuated after the gigantic sludge reservoir burst its bank at a metals plant in Ajka, a town 100 miles southwest of Budapest, the capital.
At least four people were killed, three are still missing and 120 were injured as the unstoppable torrent inundated homes, swept cars off roads and disgorged an estimated 35m cubic feet of toxic waste onto several nearby towns.
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