43 minutes ago14 people died in Brazil after landslides
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The heavy rains in Brazil have caused mud slides that have killed at least 14 people in Rio de Janeiro's Baikada Flumenese area. This has been made known by state and local authorities, Reuters reports. Rescue teams responded to 850 calls in the last 24 hours and managed to attract 144 people [...]
This has been made known by state and local authorities, Reuters reports.
Rescue teams responded to 850 calls in the last 24 hours and managed to attract 144 safe people to the affected region, state authorities said.
More than 70 families are without a home. We're trying to offer shelter and rented buns for these” people, Luciano Vidal, Mayor of Paraty, told us.
He added that landslides have blocked streets and isolated parts of the city, and many neighbourhoods in this tourist country are without electricity.
Bad weather has hit Rio de Janeiro in recent weeks, with landslides and floods in the Petropolis area (on the hills above town), killing about 240 people in February.
