(Petrópolis - RJ, 18/02/2022) Presidente da República Jair Bolsonaro, durante sobrevoo e reunião de trabalho sobre medidas emergenciais do Governo Federal para a cidade de Petrópolis. Foto: Clauber Cleber Caetano /PR
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Killer Floods Wreak Brazilian City

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It is like a war zone in Brazil as floods and mudslides caused deaths of more than 100 people in the picturesque city of Petropolis,68 kms(42 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro. Petropolis is a prime tourist spot in Brazil with many scenic locations for travelers to revere.

The imagery that flooded the internet is very intense and many visuals are hard for viewers to digest. Due to its geographical location, high velocity flood waves and mudslides have destroyed the locality.

(Petrópolis – RJ, 18/02/2022) Presidente da República Jair Bolsonaro, durante sobrevoo e reunião de trabalho sobre medidas emergenciais do Governo Federal para a cidade de Petrópolis. Foto: Clauber Cleber Caetano /PR



Rescue workers are still working against time, searching for any remaining survivors among mud & wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the tourist town of 300,000 people.  Streets were turned into rivers and houses swept away when heavy storms dumped a month’s rain within three hours on the tranquil town in the hills.

Dozens are still reported missing, fears of rising death toll further sent firefighters and volunteers scrambling through the remains of houses washed away in torrents of mud, many of them in impoverished hillside slums

(Petrópolis – RJ, 18/02/2022) Presidente da República Jair Bolsonaro, durante sobrevoo e reunião de trabalho sobre medidas emergenciais do Governo Federal para a cidade de Petrópolis. Foto: Clauber Cleber Caetano /PR


It is the latest in a series of deadly storms to hit Brazil in the past three months, which experts say are being worsened by climate change. The Petropolis city council has declared ‘a state of disaster ‘ and three days of mourning.

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Govind Tekale

Govind is a retired teacher, but he always had a passion for current affairs and general knowledge. With a history of love/addiction for reading, Govind has switched to writing as a way to express his ideas and share essential information.

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