2010年4月9日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rio flood death toll hits 205, expected to rise (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:16 PM PDT

A woman reacts after a landslide destroyed her house in Niteroi on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Friday, April 9, 2010.  Crews pulled at least 17 bodies from the debris at the site. More rain fell early Friday in Rio, threatening more landslides. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - The death toll from landslides and floods in and around Rio de Janeiro this week reached 205 on Friday and was expected to rise as searchers continued looking for bodies in an operation expected to last through the weekend, authorities said.


Hope fades for dozens buried in Brazil mudslide (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:21 PM PDT

Roselene Vieira (2nd-R), mother, and Elda Vieira (R), grandmother respectively of eight-year-old boy Marcos Vinicius, killed by a mudslide at Prazeres hill, cry over his coffin, April 8 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rescuers in Brazil on Friday resumed a grim search through a wall of mud with hopes fading of finding survivors as almost 400 people were feared dead.(AFP/File/Luisa Di Paola)AFP - Rescuers in Brazil on Friday resumed a grim search through a wall of mud with hopes fading of finding survivors as almost 400 people were feared dead after some of the worst rains in decades.


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