Ahead of more heavy rain, residents of several neighborhoods in the devastated Brazilian city of Petropolis were called to evacuate Thursday, just two days after flash floods and landslides killed 117 people.
The mountain city of Petropolis in Brazil was ravaged by mudslides that swept down the slopes killing at least 117 and leaving more than 116 missing after heavy showers. In a span of three hours, the city torrents of floodwaters and mudslides dragged cars and houses through the streets of the city during the most intense rainfall in decades on Tuesday. The state fire
Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people.