Extremely heavy rain has set off mudslides and floods in the city of Petropolis, with the death toll reaching 58. 9News
The city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge on Tuesday, and Mayor Rubens Bomtempo said the number of dead could rise as searchers pick through the wreckage. Twenty-one people had been recovered alive.
And Rosilene Virgilio, 49, was in tears Wednesday as she recalled the pleas for help from a woman she couldn't save. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported Gov. Claudio Castro told reporters on Wednesday that the situation "was almost like war" and that he was mustering all the state government's heavy machinery to help dig out the buried area.
Video posted on social media Tuesday showed cars and houses being dragged away by landslides, and water swirling through Petropolis and neighbouring districts.
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