Tag: mudslides

• Monday, February 27th 2023 - 08:18 UTC

  Brazil: Relief workers find last missing person in São Sebastião

  

  Relief teams Sunday found the last missing person in the Brazilian town of São Sebastião, bringing the total number of casualties from the storms and mudslides earlier this month to 65, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  São Paulo mudslides: death toll reaches 48

  

  Authorities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo Wednesday said that the death toll from last weekend's heavy rains and subsequent mudslides had reached 48 as relief teams are still looking for the 40 people still missing, particularly in the mountain of mud formed by the mudslides in the beach resort of Barra do Sahy.

• Friday, January 6th 2012 - 06:45 UTC

  Heavy rains and mudslides threaten Rio do Janeiro; 35.000 residents displaced

  

  Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state placed emergency teams on maximum alert as heavy rains that have displaced 35.000 residents were forecast to continue, reviving fears of mudslides and flooding that killed about 900 people last year.