Brazil
mudslide
death
toll
is
at
117,
police
say
116
missing
The
death
toll
from
floods
and
landslides
that
swept
down
on
the
mountain
city
of
Petropolis
rose
to
at
least
117
on
Thursday
and
local
officials
said
it
could
still
rise
sharply,
with
116
more
still
unaccounted
for.
Deadly
landslides
wreak
havoc
in
Brazilian
city
Houses
in
hillside
neighborhoods
were
destroyed
and
cars
swept
away
as
floodwaters
raced
through
the
city’s
streets.
Search
and
rescue
teams
are
combing
the
mud
for
survivors.
Hopes
fade
for
survivors
in
flood-hit
Brazil
city
Brazil’s
National
Civil
Defence
which
has
been
providing
updates
on
Twitter
said
that
the
death
toll
slowly
rose
through
the
day,
but
no
more
survivors
were
pulled
from
the
wreckage.
‘Like
a
war
zone’:
Deaths
in
Brazil
floods
The
state
fire
department
said
25.8
centimeters
of
rain
fell
within
three
hours
on
Tuesday
—
almost
as
much
as
during
the
previous
30
days
combined.
Rio
de
Janeiro’s
Gov.
Claudio
Castro
said
in
a
press
conference
that
the
rains
were
the
worst
Petropolis
has
received
since
1932.
