2011年1月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil to create disaster-prevention system (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:58 PM PST

Firefighters, a National Force soldier and residents carry the body of a landslide victim from a home where the bodies of eight family members were found in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 20, 2011.  Deaths from last week's mudslides rose to at least 727 and have left thousands homeless. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Brazil will create a nationwide disaster-prevention and early-warning system following recent floods and landslides that killed more than 750 people in mountain towns north of Rio de Janeiro, government officials said Thursday.


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