Thursday, February 17, 2022

Landslide in Brazil killed more than 100 people

 14 hours ago in Petroplis, Brazil more than 100 people died. Petroplis is located in the mountains North of Rio de Janeiro. Petroplis was hit with torrential rainfall yesterday causing a massive flooding and a slide which destroyed 80 houses. Brazil has lunched it's National Civil Defense to evacuate people and help rescues them. 30 people have been reported missing.  300 people have been temporarily housed in school, shelters, and other charities.  Many citizen have expressed there dismay, after a 2 years of a pandemic a the land slide and flood have erased all progress made by the recovering country. For more information check out BBC New. retrieved form : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60401611

written by Jenny Smith


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