At least 38 people died in mudslides and floods when torrential rains swept a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, and there were fears the toll could rise as authorities check the damaged areas.
Brazil's National Civil Defence group says 301 people have been left homeless from the disasterThe area received 25.8 centimetres of rain within three hours on Tuesday - almost a month's worth of rain
“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,” she said.The country's National Civil Defence group announced via Twitter the disaster had left 301 people homeless and advised residents to avoid transiting to the city.
The Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro Claudio Castro said that machinery and equipment would be sent to the Petropolis region to help authorities. “The neighbours came down running and I gave them shelter,” bar owner Emerson Torre, 39, told The Associated Press.He managed to get his mother and three other people out of the bar in time, but one neighbour and the person's daughter were unable to escape.
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