The death toll from destructive mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state has reached at least 94, officials said. Drone footage from Wednesday shows the scope of the devastation.
Wednesday. Twenty-four people had been recovered alive, and more than 400 people were left homeless.
And Rosilene Virgilio, 49, was in tears as she recalled the desperate pleas from someone she couldn't save. Petropolis was among the nation's first planned cities and features stately homes along its waterways. But its population has grown haphazardly, climbing mountainsides now covered with small residences packed tightly together. Many are in areas unfit for structures and rendered more vulnerable by deforestation and inadequate drainage.FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP via Getty Images
"I think that it is not time yet to discuss numbers," Castro said, according to Reuters."Our work now is to try to find survivors in this horror scene, to clean and to rescue any bodies that are here."
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