Firefighters search for 39 people missing in debris after river burst and houses were swept away
Three firefighters pulled a man’s body from the mud amid the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in south-eastern Brazil, where 30 people died and 39 were still missing on Tuesday after torrential rains.
A river in the state of Minas Gerais burst its banks and streets became raging currents of brown water after an overnight downpour in a region that has seen record rain this month.
State firefighters said 30 people had died in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Ubá. More than 200 people have been rescued.
Firefighters and search dogs worked to find 39 people still missing in the debris.
