via Toronto Sun, Brazil rescuers battle floods

A good photo gallery at the link above to give an idea of the magnitude of the disaster currently afflicting Brazil. The local press is referring to it as the worst flood in the country’s history. By yesterday’s count, the mudslide had caused above 500 victims. From the article:

Rescue workers in Brazil braced for more rain Friday as they struggled to reach areas cut off by massive floods and landslides that look certain to have killed more than 500 people.

In one of the country’s worst natural disasters, rivers of mud tore through towns in the mountainous Serrana region outside Rio de Janeiro, leveling houses, throwing cars atop buildings and stranding thousands of residents.

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