More than 300 die in Brazil floods

[Joanne98]

Source: UKPA

More than 300 people have died and rescuers are searching for dozens more who are missing after heavy rains triggered mudslides in Brazil.

In the hardest-hit town of Teresopolis, 40 miles north of Rio de Janiero, where the civil defence agency said at least 146 people died, hundreds of family members crowded around the mountain town's morgue waiting to identify bodies.

More corpses were laid out on a street by the police station, covered by blankets. Rains hit the town overnight, though no new mudslides were reported.

Rescuers used heavy machinery, shovels and bare hands in attempts to find survivors.



Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5izVTQUj7vqPB7RohJTIRiTh0vuzg?docId=N0123461294877665839A

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

:(