the governor of rio dejaneiro, he talked about the fact that this was a war zone. and they ve brought in dozens of trucks, water trucks, diggers. they ve even enlisted the help of 2,000 people to be able to clear the way for these vehicles to be able to get to the site where most of the mud is and where they are still digging and trying to find anybody who is missing. i think it s very much an active case on the ground, active rescue effort at the moment. this is a city that s about an hour and a half from rio dejaneiro. it used to be the summer residence for former brazilian empresses, it s now a weekend retreat for many people in rio and neighbouring states. it s a mountainous region, so landslides have happened before. in 2011, more than 900 people were killed after mudslides in petropolis and in neighbouring
line. sarah rainsford, bbc news, mariupol. landslides and severe flooding have killed at least seventy eight people in brazil north of rio dejaneiro. storms have caused more than a month s worth of rain in just a few hours. here s our south america correspondent, katy watson. well, we re talking around 200 individual mudslides. around 400 firefighters are on the ground, and it s very much an active rescue effort. the governor of rio dejaneiro, he talked about the fact that this was a war zone. and they ve brought in dozens of trucks, water trucks, diggers. they ve even enlisted the help of 2,000 people to be able to clear the way for these vehicles to be able to get to the site where most of the mud is and where they are still digging and trying to find anybody who is missing. i think it s very much an active case on the ground, an active rescue effort
the city of petropolis in rio dejaneiro state. here s our south america correspondent, katy watson. well, we re talking around 200 individual mudslides. around 400 firefighters are on the ground, and it s very much an active rescue effort. the governor of rio dejaneiro, he talked about the fact that this was a war zone. and they ve brought in dozens of trucks, water trucks, diggers. they ve even enlisted the help of 2,000 people to be able to clear the way for these vehicles to be able to get to the site where most of the mud is and where they are still digging and trying to find anybody who is missing. i think it s very much an active case on the ground, an active rescue effort at the moment. this is a city that s about an hour and a half from rio de janeiro. it used to be the summer residence forformer brazilian emperors, it s now a weekend retreat for many people in rio
anything. and we just start all over. reporter: how has today been? today? worse. because the fire is spreading to the direction of a city. reporter: so different points now. yeah. small but it is getting bigger. reporter: you re quite emotional. come on, look at it. look at it. reporter: this fire has been moving so quickly and they are trying to get some of the water trucks to move further down. this is devastating. and it is not just happening here. across southern europe, a number of countries are fighting forest fires. and the conditions here as well, we have been experiencing a significant heatwave. in turkey for example, there have been record high temperatures, very low humidity, and all of these allow for the