Landslides Devastate Brazilian City

At least 104 persons are useless and greater than 30 nonetheless lacking after torrential rains hit a metropolis in Brazil on Wednesday, inflicting widespread landslides and flooding and destroying buildings, Reuters reports. The demise toll might nonetheless rise in Petrópolis, a metropolis of 300,000 that sits within the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, as greater than 500 first responders continued to work to seek out survivors on Thursday.

Nearly 400 persons are homeless, AP reviews, whereas 24 individuals had been rescued; 13 youngsters had been among the many useless, officers mentioned. More than 180 individuals dwelling in weak areas, in the meantime, relocated to hunt shelter in native faculties.