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Heavy rains, landslides kill nearly 100 in Brazilian mountain city
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By Jack Guy, Rodrigo Pedroso and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN At least 94 people have died in the Brazilian mountain city of Petropolis, local officials said Wednesday, after heavy rains triggered landslides that washed out streets, swept away cars and buried homes.
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PETROPOLIS, Brazil — The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 38, local authorities said Wednesday. The city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge on Tuesday, and Mayor Rubens Bomtempo said the number of dead cou…
Torrential rains and landslides have killed at least 58 people in a hilly town to the north of the city Rio de Janeiro. Authorities fear the death toll could climb higher.
Brazilian authorities say the death toll from mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78. The city of Petropolis was struck
In Brazil, flooding and mudslides have killed at least 38 people in Petropolis, north of Rio de Janeiro. Nearly a month's worth of rain fell on the city in three hours. The disaster has left hundreds homeless, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Local meteorological agency, MetSul, reports some parts of Petropolis received nearly 26 centimeters in less than six hours – more than was expected for entire month.
Dozens of people have died from mudslides in a mountainous region of Rio De Janeiro state after almost a month's worth of rain fell in just three hours.
Intense rainfall caused mudslides and flooding that destroyed part of the city of Petrópolis, in a region where a similar disaster in 2011 killed more than 900.
By Jack Guy and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN At least 44 people have been killed after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in Petropolis, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is unknown how many people are missing, according to the latest report by the Rio de Janeiro Fire and Civil Defense De…
The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 34, according to a statement from local authorities early Wednesday.
The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 58, local authorities said Wednesday.
Torrential rains and landslides have killed at least 18 people in a hilly town to the north of the city Rio de Janeiro. Authorities fear the death toll could climb higher.
By Jack Guy and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN At least 34 people have been killed after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in Petropolis, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is unknown how many people are missing, according to the latest report by the Rio de Janeiro Fire and Civil Defense De…
By Jack Guy, Rodrigo Pedroso and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN At least 94 people have died in the Brazilian mountain city of Petropolis, local officials said Wednesday, after heavy rains triggered landslides that washed out streets, swept away cars and buried homes.
PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AP) -- Rio de Janeiro state's government has confirmed 94 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the city
Rio de Janeiro state’s government has confirmed 105 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in Petropolis. It was unclear Thursday how many bodies remained trapped in the mud.
“We don’t yet know the full scale of this,” Rubens Bomtempo, mayor of the city of Petropolis, said at a news conference Wednesday. “It was a hard day, a difficult day.”
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