Sunday, April 24, 2011

At least ten killed by rains in southern Brazil

SAO PAULO (Brazil), 24 Abr. (Reuters) - At least ten people have died in southern Brazil because of landslides and other incidents caused by heavy rains in the last hours, as reported by sources of emergency services in Brazil. According to these same sources, eight people died several landslides, which buried many dwellings in the cities of Novo Harmburgo Igrejinha and in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (south).

Also, a man died electrocuted when power lines fall on a number that is uncoupled from a turret as a result of strong winds in Sapucaia do Sul and a farmer died venírsele above the barn in which he worked. The rescue services are working to find two people who might have been buried in the landslide Igrejinha.

Are also being evacuated areas at high risk of mudslides. In January, the floods and landslides devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro, killing over 800 people, in what was the second worst natural disaster in U.S. history.

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