A 4-year-old child was pulled alive from the rubble in Petrópolis this morning. She lost her parents, brother and grandmother after the landslide, according to TV Globo. In the municipality, sniffer dogs are used to search for those buried.
Another person died in Teresópolis, also in the Serrana region of Rio. She was buried in a collapsed house in the Korean Community. One person was buried and two other people were rescued alive from the incident, according to Civil Defense.
In Duque de Caxias, a driver drowned after the truck he was traveling in fell into a river. The case was registered in Santa Cruz da Serra.
In Arraial do Cabo, a street vendor was struck by lightning and died. Two other people were injured and hospitalized, with non-life threatening injuries, according to city hall.
The Fire Department rescued more than 90 people alive. The records involve landslides, landslides, flooding and flooding caused by rain since Thursday (21), according to Civil Defense. More than 100 incidents related to rain were recorded until this afternoon, according to the Fire Department.
Governor Cláudio Castro lamented the deaths. “With deep regret, I express my solidarity with the families and friends of the citizens who lost their lives,” he said in posts on social media.
