Brazil mudslides: Rescue workers search for survivors in Petropolis as death toll tops 100
CA, 18 Feb 2022
The death toll from floods and landslides that swept down on the mountain city of Petropolis in Brazil rose to at least 110 on Thursday with dozens still unaccounted for.
Petropolis residents gathered in what used to be their neighbourhood with shovels, buckets and hoes looking for the remains of their loved ones buried under the rubble and mud.
"My friends have all gone, my friends, all died," resident Maria Jose Dante de Araujo grieved.
More than 500 rescue workers, along with neighbours and relatives, were still searching for possible survivors, the emergency services said.
It was the heaviest rainfall registered since 1932 in Petropolis, a tourist destination in the hills of Rio de Janeiro state.
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Petropolis residents gathered in what used to be their neighbourhood with shovels, buckets and hoes looking for the remains of their loved ones buried under the rubble and mud.
"My friends have all gone, my friends, all died," resident Maria Jose Dante de Araujo grieved.
More than 500 rescue workers, along with neighbours and relatives, were still searching for possible survivors, the emergency services said.
It was the heaviest rainfall registered since 1932 in Petropolis, a tourist destination in the hills of Rio de Janeiro state.
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