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Over 100 Persons Killed In Brazil's Devastating Mudslides

Deaths in Brazil floods, mudslides top 100

Many may be trapped in mud that cascaded down on the city this week during the most intense storm in decades.

Rescue workers are racing against time, searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, as authorities said on Thursday the death toll had risen to 110.

Streets were turned into rivers and houses swept away when heavy storms dumped a month’s worth of rain in three hours on the scenic tourist town in the hills north of Rio de Janeiro.

With dozens still reported missing, fears that the death toll could climb further sent firefighters and volunteers scrambling through the remains of houses washed away in torrents of mud, many of them in impoverished hillside slums.

Read More Of The News Here, Source:Aljazeera

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