2010年1月3日星期日

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil nuclear plants may close as floods kill 68 (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 06:07 PM PST

Rescue workers recover the body of a landslide victim in Praia do Bananal, Ilha Grande, southwest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 2. Two nuclear plants close to a southern Brazilian town hit by landslides may shut down as a precaution, the mayor said, as the regional toll from deadly floods rose to 68.(AFP/Gabriel Lopes)AFP - Two nuclear plants close to a southern Brazilian town hit by landslides may shut down as a precaution, the mayor said, as the regional toll from deadly floods rose to 68.


Slide city mayor seeks Brazil nuke plant shutdown (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

A mountainside is bare after a mudslide in Morro da Carioca, an area in the city of Angra dos Reis, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.  A rain-soaked hillside collapsed on homes after New Year celebrations early Friday in Angra dos Reis killing at least 12 people. A separate mudslide on the nearby island of Ilha Grande killed at least 22. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - The mayor of a mudslide-devastated city on Sunday urged a precautionary shutdown of Brazil's only nuclear power plants due to blocked highways while the death toll from flooding and slides rose to 75.


Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to 76 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 06:00 AM PST

Brazilian rescue workers carry a body out of a mudslide-affected area near Sankay hotel in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro January 2, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil's three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday.


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