The woman remains in the mud, rescuers take her out by helicopter (Video)

This is the dramatic moment when a woman was pulled out of the mud by a helicopter rescue team after the collapse of a dam in Brazil, leaving at least 40 people dead and more than 300 missing.

Images show the moment when workers remove their wife from the mud as they desperately search for survivors.

The dam, controlled by the mining company “Vale”, exploded early Friday morning and houses in Brumandinho, in Minas Gerais state, were evacuated.

The death toll from the blast of the Iron Mine dam in Feiyao is expected to rise significantly, with more than 300 still missing in the worst mining disaster in the country since 2015. /Periscopi