BRASILIA, 20 The death toll from torrential rains in the past eight days on the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, has risen to 741, while 200 people remain missing, according to the balance reported by the Ministry of Health and Civil Defense. For cities, Nova Friburgo is the most affected with 357 deaths, followed by Teresópolis to 302, with 63 and Sumidouro Petrópolis with 19.Meanwhile, the number of missing is around 200, although it is suspected that there could be more because only the latter three cities have a current record. Also grows in parallel with the data of people have fled their homes, which stood at 20,883. There are 5,190 in Nova Friburgo, in Teresópolis 5,000 in Areal 3,700 in 3029 Petrópolis, in San José del Valle de Rio Preto 2,064 and 1,900 in Bom Jardim.
These evacuations have drawn a new landscape in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, where many areas are completely abandoned, as their neighbors have moved to safer areas due to the risk of occurrence of new landslides, according to the newspaper 'O Globo. Thus, the storm has also transformed the geographical aspect of the mountains.
"The streams have become deep and wide rivers. It is as if the city had been completely re-founded," said Icarus Moreno, president of EMOP, a civil engineering company of the Government.
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