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Brazil
mudslides: Toll reaches 860
Wednesday February 02, 2011 08:30:53 AM,
EFE
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Rio de Janeiro: The
number of deaths caused by mudslides triggered by torrential rains
in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has risen to
860, authorities said.
Floods and mudslides in the Serrana region, according to figures
released by Agencia Brasil news service, have left 416 dead in
Nova Friburgo, 346 in Teresopolis, 71 in Petropolis, 21 in
Sumidouro, four in Sao Jose do Vale do Rio Preto, and one in Bom
Jardim.
Another 429 people remain unaccounted for, the Rio de Janeiro
state attorney general's office said.
The state health department said 8,777 people lost their homes and
around 20,790 had to be evacuated.
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