Thursday, January 13, 2011

Brazil Mudslides Kill at Least 335 , Destroys Towns - Death Toll Still Climbing

Rio de Janeiro  -- Driving rains sent tons of rusty red earth sliding into mountain towns , killing over 400 people and leaving dozens more missing , Brazilian media reported Thursday .

Hillsides and river banks in the picturesque Serrana region north of Rio  de Janeiro buckled under about 10 inches of rain -- the equivalent of a month's rainfall in 24 hours  --  destroying houses and killing many people early Wednesday , rescue officials said .

Television footage showed many houses buried in mud as desperate residents and rescue workers searched for survivers . "There was no way of telling which house would fall . Rich and poor ... everything was destroyed ," resident Fernanda Carvalho was quoted as saying by the Clobo network's  website .

"I saw 6 bodies on my street ," said Antonio Venancio , whose house was inundated  with mud but remained standing . "We just don't know what to do in the face of something so horrible . At least 34 people were killed in neighboring Petropolis and 155 in the town of Nove Friburgo , Globo reported

Before resue attempts were called off because of darkness , searches used heavy machinery , shovels and bare hands trying to find survivors . In one town , firefighters resued a 25-year-old man who held his 6-month son for 15 hours until they were both pulled out alive . 'The man's  wife and mother-in-law were feared dead .

Flood waters  continued to gush down the mountains for hours after rainstorms ended Wednesday . "There are so many disappeared ...and so many that will probably never be found ," said Angela Marina de Carvalho Silva , a resident of Tereopolis  who feared she may have lost 15 relatives , including five nieces and nephews . "There was nothing we could do . It was hell," she said in a telephone interview "It's over . There's nothing . The water came  and swept everything away ," said her husband , Sidney Silva.

 Rio state Governor  Sergio Cabral called on navy to lend helicopters to firefighters working as resuers . "We mourn the lost of lives in this tragedy caused by the rain ," Cabral said in a statement .

53 comments:

  1. Very good reporting PIC, I put a couple of videos after your post to add some more scenes to the article....PIC

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  2. Anonymous9:50:00 PM

    Thankyou very much sweetie ...PIC

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  3. Hi How are you.Are you tired today?

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  4. I have to send in my weekly report to Sis.

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  5. Anonymous10:01:00 PM

    Hi Cutie

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  6. Anonymous10:03:00 PM

    I am doing fine my babies is back in school.
    I missed you .
    Please don't send in your report , Sis is on my musty butt .

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  7. Anonymous10:04:00 PM

    Dad said to tell you he left you a note this evening .

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  8. Okay. I won't send it in if you are feeling good.
    I will read dad's note when we sign off.
    Missed you too.

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  9. Anonymous10:15:00 PM

    I thank the post on Jared Loughner was really good , now everyone is coming out the woodwork saying they knew he was crazy .
    The little girl 'Christine' was born on 9/11/01 and died 01/11/11, her life was just beginning .
    We need to just kill Jared and maybe the others will take notice .

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  10. Did you look into those crazy eyes? He looks happy about what he did.

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  11. Anonymous10:32:00 PM

    A teacher said she told someoe he was crazy.
    He said he had it all planned out in advance .
    The congresswoman is holding her own .

    I told Sis I was going to run away and she asked me what did I say and I said nothing

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  12. Anonymous10:34:00 PM

    The Trailer of Aliens Attacking L.A. is on video , that's the movie they did here last year .It will open March 11.

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  13. I'll put the trailer on SH. I just put a James Bond trailer there.

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  14. Anonymous10:39:00 PM

    Did you enjoy yourself last night ??

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  15. Charlie Sheen came home from his weekend with porn stars and called in sick to work. He has an ear infection.
    Jay Leno said he got off lucky. He must have been having phone sex with them.

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  16. HA! Nana is mean and bossy too. I feel for you.

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  17. If those two got together they would be the best of friends. They would think up more nasty stuff to aggravate us with.

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  18. Anonymous10:44:00 PM

    I seen Daniel Craig and he's hot , how could Oksana want Mel after having a hunk like Daniel Criag, Oksana says Daniel beat her also ..I beginning to think she is a lier on all counts.

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  19. I enjoyed myself last night and we are going to Niagara falls next weekend with Dale and Barb to see the Christmas lights before they take them down. Jordan was there for the New Year's party and said they were beautiful. I watched that New Year's party on TV but I couldn't pick her or her friends out. It looked like a half a million people there.But the lights looked pretty.
    There are some good restaurants there for dinner.

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  20. Anonymous10:48:00 PM

    Leno is a hoot, wonder what herpes look like in the ears . Sheen is slowly killing himself the studio bosses wants him to get help , he don't think he has a problem.

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  21. She wasn't with Daniel Craig, she was with Timothy Dalton. Her son is his. I don't know anything about Timothy. He kind of dropped off the radar.

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  22. There is a Canadian man suing an American company. He took their penis enlarger pills and used some kind of apparatus on his penis for 500 hours and it didn't work. You gotta wonder if he has a life if he could find that much time to spend on it.
    It's the Enzyte company

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  23. Anonymous10:56:00 PM

    Tim Dalton was a Bond ? Maybe he's in hiding from Oksana.
    Dan Craig got one hot body .Hmmmm

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  24. Tim was Bond in two movies "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill"

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  25. Anonymous11:00:00 PM

    That's the third time I heard something about Enzyte,. Are you going to post it , I bet it would be good reading .
    I hear it's not the size ...but how you use it. Like them the right size not no little old wiener.

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  26. I wasn't planning to write it. But I'll think about it though.

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  27. If I had one I would be fascinated with it for a while. I would be more inclined to make a puppet of it though.

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  28. Those mudslides were terrifying. you wouldn't stand a chance of getting away in time. It seems like no place is safe anymore.So much rain everywhere.
    I'm glad Wildman got home safely. I have some cousins over there who live in the flood zone.

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  29. Dad should get on Sis's computer once in a while and talk to us. I thought Nan was going to have a gab-fest with us one night.You two are so funny together.

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  30. Anonymous11:40:00 PM

    I don't know what Nan is doing , I talked to her today and she said she will be with us tomorrow night .
    Dad hardly ever stay at Sis , he says she has cold feet .
    I will tell him , he be up there sometime when we come on .

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  31. Anonymous11:42:00 PM

    I told Mac to come on , he says he is asleep when we are on ...I told him he still could talk on either blog and we would answer him and he said start looking for something nexr wee on one or both .

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  32. Anonymous11:46:00 PM

    Sweetie you are in love with love .
    Dad said you wouldn't know a mean person if they bit you on the arse .
    Now...with the Rock you know what true love is .

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  33. So that's where all those arse bites came from.

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  34. Anonymous11:51:00 PM

    I will tell Dad , it's his ass Hahahaha.
    Thankyou , I will get her some and Dad too , if not he will steal Sis and she will spank his musty butt .

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  35. We won't be able to eat shellfish much longer. They are starting to test all imported shellfish in Canada. They are becoming quite toxic, depending where they are from. That's too bad. They are one of my favorite foods.

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  36. Anonymous11:55:00 PM

    Dad says you have been shelter and is now just begining to see the real world , he says you are like a delicate Rose ,Dad is a romantic.

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  37. I have zits all over me the last couple of days. That usually means a food allergy, but I don't know what it is. I'm pretty careful.

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  38. I think I have become allergic to something new. That probably means I will lose another food.

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  39. Anonymous12:00:00 AM

    They say the shellfish here is not fit to eat , so I'm not taking any chances , I jut use fish/chicken and beef in Dad's gumbo and he loves it..I don't use pork in it , I still make it the same way ,just without the shrimp.
    You know it's loaded with spices.

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  40. I guess the computer introduced me to the world. I have always been very shy. If I met you I would probably get tongue-tied. For sure if I met dad.

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  41. Anonymous12:05:00 AM

    It might be from all the holiday foods and you don't know what was in them.

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  42. Dad says that Italian men have big whoo whoos because of all the spices and pasta they eat. I asked him for a list of those spices.

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  43. Anonymous12:09:00 AM

    I called NAN , Sis said she was asleep on the couch , maybe she has hit aunt Mae's Vodka .
    Dad would not let you be tongue tied , he would make you blush .

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  44. Dad makes me blush all the time but I get him back.

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  45. Anonymous12:13:00 AM

    So that's why he asked me tonight for the spices/herbs I use most.
    Tell Dad a little bird told you it was because they played with it all the time .[giggles]

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  46. Poor Nan, she must be exhausted. It's hard work being retired.

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  47. Anonymous12:17:00 AM

    I believe it ,he just laughs after he reads your notes .

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  48. Anonymous12:22:00 AM

    Jeannie,
    I will talk to you tomorrow and have a good night .
    Nan

    Musty Butt you are a busy little bee I will tell Jeannie some of the s**t you do .
    Night Nan

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  49. Anonymous12:24:00 AM

    NAN , I am a good girl and Jeannie know it [giggles]
    I will tell on you too .
    NITE

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  50. I don't like that female comic on Craig.

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  51. Look forward to it Nan...Good night.

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  52. Anonymous12:34:00 AM

    PS: I have never heard of her , she's not funny... she says she just got back from entertaining the troops .
    NITE Witchy

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  53. Anonymous12:39:00 AM

    PPS:

    You are bad,baaaadddddd, I just love it ....Duct tape,,,Hahahaha
    LUV...PIC

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