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News DeskJanuary 13, 2011 08:20Updated January 14, 2011 16:36
Brazil floods, land slides kill hundreds (VIDEO)
Hundreds are dead and up to 1,000 missing after floods caused mud slides in the mountain towns around Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.
Hundreds are dead and up to 1,000 missing after floods caused mud slides in the mountain towns around Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.
Rescue workers search for victims after heavy rains caused mudslides in a low-income neighborhood in Teresopolis, some north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Jan. 12, 2011. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
[Update, 12 P.M., 01/13/11: Reuters reported that the death toll in the Brazil floods and landslides had risen to375 people Thursday.]
Floods and mudslides have devastated mountain towns around Rio de Janeiro and in Brazil's south, killing at least 375 people, according to reports.
The Serrana mountain region received up to 10 inches or rain, or a month's worth, in 24 hours on Wednesday, destroying houses and killing hundreds.
Worst hit was the town of Teresopolis, 40 miles north of Rio. Television footage from the town of 180,000 showed many houses buried in mud as desperate residents and rescue workers searched for survivors.
In the neighboring town of Nova Friburgo, at least 155 bodies have so far been recovered. Another tourist destinations in the same region, Petropolis, was also badly hit.
On Thursday morning, one Brazilian TV network claimed that more than 419 people had died in Rio state and suggested that as many as 1,000 people could still be missing.
The death toll in the region was expected to rise as firefighters reached remote valleys and steep mountainsides where neighborhoods were destroyed, Teresopolis mayor Jorge Mario told the GloboNews television station.
Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, is due to visit the area Thursday.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/brazil/110113/brazil-floods-mudslides-rio-janeiro-disaster
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