Desperate hunt for survivors after ten inches of rain fell in three hours


The Brazilian city of Petropolis was struck by a deluge and there are fears the number of dead could rise


The state fire department said the area saw just over 10 inches of rainfall within three hours on Tuesday


Videos showed cars and houses being dragged away by landslides and water swirling through Petropolis


Governor Claudio Castro said all the state government's heavy machinery was being used to find survivors


At least 44 people have been killed in Brazil as devastating mudslides and floods swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, local authorities confirmed.


The city of Petropolis was struck by a deluge on Tuesday, and Mayor Rubens Bomtempo said the number of dead could rise as rescuers picked through the wreckage.



A total of 21 people have been recovered alive as civilians joined the official recovery efforts early Wednesday.



Among them were Priscila Neves and her siblings, who looked through the mud for any sign of their disappeared parents, but found only clothing. Never said she had given up hope of finding her parents alive.



The state fire department said late Tuesday the area saw 25.8cm (just over 10in) of rainfall within three hours on Tuesday - almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined.



Governor Claudio Castro said the situation was 'almost like war' and that all the state government's heavy machinery was being called in to help dig out the buried area in a desperate hunt for survivors.



He told journalists that soldiers were already working in the stricken region, which saw more than 900 deaths from heavy rainfall in January 2011.



Video posted on social media showed cars and houses being dragged away by landslides, and water swirling through Petropolis and neighboring districts.



Rosilene Virgilio, 49, was in tears as she recalled the pleas for help from a woman she could not save.



'Yesterday there was a woman screaming, "Help! Get me out of here!" But we couldn't do anything; the water was gushing out, the mud was gushing out,' Virgilio told The Associated Press.



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Cc : Mynd44

So sorry about your loss Rio Brazil, RIP to the dead.

A fire service rescue team in a helicopter looking for survivors

Residents embrace as they wait for a report for Missing relatives in the affected area

Chai

People react as they look for victims at a mudslide at morro da oficina after pouring rains in petropolis

Lots of houses damaged

Brazil's president jair bolsonaro, who is on a trip to Russia, said on twitter that he instructed his ministers to deliver immediate support to the afflicted

A man rescues a dog amid the damage caused by heavy rains

Rescue workers looking for more people

More houses damaged

Cars destroyed

hopeforcharles:
So sorry about your loss Rio Brazil, RIP to the dead.

Yea, Rip to the dead

Lawlab251:
Chai

So bad.

chatinent:
So bad.

Yea

walkbrazil4k:
Desperate hunt for survivors after ten inches of rain fell in three hours


The Brazilian city of Petropolis was struck by a deluge and there are fears the number of dead could rise


The state fire department said the area saw just over 10 inches of rainfall within three hours on Tuesday


Videos showed cars and houses being dragged away by landslides and water swirling through Petropolis


Governor Claudio Castro said all the state government's heavy machinery was being used to find survivors


At least 44 people have been killed in Brazil as devastating mudslides and floods swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, local authorities confirmed.


The city of Petropolis was struck by a deluge on Tuesday, and Mayor Rubens Bomtempo said the number of dead could rise as rescuers picked through the wreckage.



A total of 21 people have been recovered alive as civilians joined the official recovery efforts early Wednesday.



Among them were Priscila Neves and her siblings, who looked through the mud for any sign of their disappeared parents, but found only clothing. Never said she had given up hope of finding her parents alive.



The state fire department said late Tuesday the area saw 25.8cm (just over 10in) of rainfall within three hours on Tuesday - almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined.



Governor Claudio Castro said the situation was 'almost like war' and that all the state government's heavy machinery was being called in to help dig out the buried area in a desperate hunt for survivors.



He told journalists that soldiers were already working in the stricken region, which saw more than 900 deaths from heavy rainfall in January 2011.



Video posted on social media showed cars and houses being dragged away by landslides, and water swirling through Petropolis and neighboring districts.



Rosilene Virgilio, 49, was in tears as she recalled the pleas for help from a woman she could not save.



'Yesterday there was a woman screaming, "Help! Get me out of here!" But we couldn't do anything; the water was gushing out, the mud was gushing out,' Virgilio told The Associated Press.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yg0mCtEmtM


https://www.walkbrazil4k.com/2022/02/44-killed-in-brazil-as-floods-and.html?m=1

Cc : Mynd44

May God grant quick recovery to the injured, rip to the dead of there's any.

This kind destructions comes without warning. I'm looking at the mudslide .... no trees ... only roots.... and wondering if forest clearing was done on the hills and that caused the mudslide. Any such reports?

Originalsly:
This kind destructions comes without warning. I'm looking at the mudslide .... no trees ... only roots.... and wondering if forest clearing was done on the hills and that caused the mudslide. Any such reports?

Possibly.... more people are clearing trees and building houses or converting these areas to agricultural lands without understanding the consequences.... they are eating away the soil, making it vulnerable to erosion, mudslides etc.... the government should take a stand against these actions ...

Freestainworld:
May God grant quick recovery to the injured, rip to the dead of there's any.

Originalsly:
This kind destructions comes without warning. I'm looking at the mudslide .... no trees ... only roots.... and wondering if forest clearing was done on the hills and that caused the mudslide. Any such reports?

Yes true, just 3-6 hours of rainfall

HOKIM:


Possibly.... more people are clearing trees and building houses or converting these areas to agricultural lands without understanding the consequences.... they are eating away the soil, making it vulnerable to erosion, mudslides etc.... the government should take a stand against these actions ...

Yea true