Flooding and Mudslides kill 249 in Rio de Janeiro

[Macrocane]

The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil continued to climb Thursday, with official reports of at least 181 fatalities.

At least 161 people have been injured, the Rio de Janeiro state government said Thursday on its Web site.

A record 11.3 inches (287 millimeters) of rain fell in Rio within 24 hours Tuesday, Mayor Eduardo Paes said, according to the news service. The downpour continued Wednesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/04/08/brazil.flooding/index.html

This graphic shows the accumulated rainfall in each day of April in one of the stations from Rio de Janeiro:

[Macrocane]

The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil's state of Rio de Janeiro has topped 200, officials said Saturday.

The death toll stood at 214, the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department said

Saturday. Most of the deaths happened in Niteroi, just across the bay from the city of Rio, the fire department said. At least 134 people died there, while 60 died in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The Rio de Janeiro mayor's office also confirmed more than 200 dead.

Some 5,000 people have been left homeless from the floods and mudslides, which began with heavy rain Tuesday, according to the mayor's office.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/10/more-than-200-dead-in-brazil-mudslides/?hpt=T2

[Macrocane]

The flooding and mudslides killed at least 249 people, 2900 people have been displaced, 1525 homes were damaged and 85 destroyed. I took the info from the O Globo website so the links are in Portuguese.

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2010/04/13/chuvas-no-rio-resgatado-corpo-de-homem-que-salvou-vidas-no-morro-do-bumba-em-niteroi-916332433.asp

http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat/2010/04/14/chuva-diminui-em-sergipe-apos-causar-estragos-em-17-municipios-2-9-mil-desabrigados-916333604.asp