2010年1月2日星期六

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rio hotel horror, as landslides kill 63 (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:45 PM PST

Rescue workers recover the body of a victim of a landslide in Praia do Bananal, Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, southwest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rescuers Saturday pulled more bodies from an avalanche of thick mud and rock that buried a luxury hotel filled with New Year's revellers, as landslides in southern Brazil claimed at least 63 lives.(AFP/Gabriel Lopes)AFP - Rescuers Saturday pulled more bodies from an avalanche of thick mud and rock that buried a luxury hotel filled with New Year's revellers, as landslides in southern Brazil claimed at least 63 lives.


Hopes fade in hunt for Brazil mudslide survivors (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:55 PM PST

Rescue workers carry the body of a mudslide victim in Ilha Grande, an island off the city of Angra dos Reis near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed on homes and an upscale lodge after New Year celebrations early Friday, killing at least 20 people, according to Brazilian authorities. A separate mudslide in the nearby city of Angra dos Reis killed at least 11 people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Firefighters using heavy machinery, shovels and bare hands dug for survivors Saturday but only found corpses under a mountain of red earth and crushed lodgings — the worst of a spate of mudslides and floods that killed at least 64 people in southeastern Brazil.


Brazil death toll from floods, mudslides rises to 64 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:15 AM PST

An aerial view of Pousada Sankay hotel buried by a mudslide in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro state January 1, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Rescue crews on Saturday intensified the search for victims at a plush Brazilian beach resort ravaged by mudslides and flooding that have killed at least 64 people in three states.


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