Rain showers started Thursday, resulting in lethal landslides within the area. The quantity of rain registered within the final 48 hours was the best on file in Angra dos Reis, in response to the town’s municipal authorities.
No less than 4 different individuals had been injured — none severely — after seven homes had been hit by landslides within the coastal group of Ponta Negra, in response to officers in Paraty. Greater than 22 neighborhoods sustained flooding and 71 households had been displaced.
Within the municipality of Mesquita, a 38-year-old man was electrocuted to loss of life after three days of heavy rainfall, CNN Brazil reported.
Within the metropolis of Angra dos Reis, a 4-year-old woman and a young person had been killed and no less than 9 individuals had been lacking, the affiliate reported, citing civil protection and hearth officers. 5 individuals had been rescued.
Rio de Janeiro state firefighters and civil protection authorities are deployed within the affected cities to assist rescue individuals. The Civil Protection doesn’t have an estimate on how many individuals are lacking thus far.
Brazil’s Inside Improvement Ministry mentioned that Colonel Alexandre Lucas, the Nationwide Secretary for Civil Protection and Safety, is touring to the areas most affected areas on Saturday.
