At least 14 people were killed, including seven children, after days of heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Rain showers began Thursday, leading to deadly landslides in the region. The volume of rain registered in the last 48 hours was the highest on record in Angra dos Reis, according to the local government.
Officials said on Saturday that a landslide in the town of Paraty killed at least eight people— a father and seven of his children—ages 2 to 17. A seventh child was rescued and transported to a hospital, local officials added.
At least four other people were injured—none seriously—after seven houses were hit by landslides in the coastal community of Ponta Negra, according to officials in Paraty. More than 22 neighborhoods were suffering flooding. About 70 families were displaced. Their houses were at risk of being flooded so that they had to leave. In Mesquita, a 38-year-old man was electrocuted to death by falling power lines, after three days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Angra dos Reis, a 4-year-old girl and a teenager were killed and at least nine people were missing. Five people were rescued.
Rio de Janeiro state firefighters and civil defense authorities are sent to the affected cities to help rescue people. The Civil Defense does not have an estimate on how many people are missing so far. Brazil’s Interior Development Ministry said that Colonel Alexandre Lucas, the National Secretary for Civil Defense and Protection, is traveling to the regions’ most affected areas on Saturday.
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