BRASILIA: Landslides attributable to torrential rains in southeast Brazil have left a minimum of 10 folks useless, rescue companies in Minas Gerais state stated on Sunday.
On Saturday night time, town of Ipatinga acquired round 80 millimetres of rainfall inside an hour, resulting in landslides throughout the area. So far, 9 fatalities have been reported, together with an eight-year-old boy who was discovered beneath the rubble of a home destroyed by the landslide. Rescue groups additionally recovered one other physique within the close by city of Santana do Paraiso.
Another landslide swept away every little thing in its path alongside a road on the aspect of a hill within the metropolis’s Bethania neighbourhood.
As of Sunday night, one particular person from the realm remained lacking, although 4 members of the particular person’s household had been rescued.
Minas Gerais State Governor Romeu Zema despatched a message of “solidarity with the victims” in an announcement on social media.
At least 10 useless in Brazil landslides – Times of India
