{"id":17591,"date":"2024-01-15T11:19:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T11:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=17591"},"modified":"2024-01-15T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T11:19:54","slug":"torrential-rains-leave-at-least-11-dead-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/01\/torrential-rains-leave-at-least-11-dead-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrential rains leave at least 11 dead in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Torrential rains that turned avenues into rivers have killed at least 11 people in Brazil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The storm hit northern parts of Rio de Janeiro particularly hard, the Fire Department said on Sunday. People in the area died in landslides, drownings and electrocutions.<\/p>\n

Water from the storm reached the roofs of cars on some stretches of Avenida de Brasil, a major thoroughfare in the city.<\/p>\n

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Damaged caused by floods in the Acari slum complex, Rio de Janeiro. [Pilar Olivares\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Mayor Eduardo Paes decreed the situation an \u201cemergency\u201d and urged people to stay at home for their own safety and to avoid disrupting rescue and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n
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A child pushes a bicycle on a flooded street in Duque de Caxias, Brazil. [Bruna Prado\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A dozen bus lines shut down and several metro stations were closed because of water on the tracks.<\/p>\n

Some parts of the city received a month\u2019s worth of the usual level of rain in January in just 24 hours. A report from firefighters showed they had responded to 200 storm-related events.<\/p>\n

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Children carry belongings in a flooded area, in the Pedreira slum complex, Rio de Janeiro. [Pilar Olivares\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>In Acari, one of the worst affected neighbourhoods, waters flooded the basement offices of the Ronaldo Gazolla Municipal Hospital and businesses were hit hard.<\/p>\n

A national agency that monitors natural disasters said there was a high risk of landslides in eight towns in the surrounding Rio de Janeiro state.<\/p>\n

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Flooded streets in Duque de Caxias. [Bruna Prado\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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