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The April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of April 2010. At least 212 people died, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 161 people have been injured (including several rescuers), [ 5 ] while at least 15,000 people have been made homeless. [ 6 ]
A series of floods and mudslides took place in January 2011 in several towns of the Mountainous Region (Região Serrana), in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Casualties occurred in the cities of Nova Friburgo , Teresópolis , Petrópolis , Bom Jardim , Sumidouro and São José do Vale do Rio Preto . [ 3 ]
The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died, [1] with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey after it was destroyed by landslides, [3] and many more have been injured. [2]
The floods resulted in 82 deaths, with 11,750 houses damaged and another 1,857 destroyed, affecting 175 municipalities. [23] In Governador Valadares, a large part of the city was flooded by the Doce River, marking the second-worst flood in the city's history, after the 1979 disaster.
The town of Sabará established vaccination points against Hepatitis A and tetanus in the city, which was heavily hit by the flooding. [17] Heavy rainfall continued into February and spread towards parts of neighbouring Paraguay. The southern Brazilian regions of Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul had the highest risks of flooding. [18]
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In addition to landslides, heavy rains caused flooding and inundations in several locations, with homes, businesses, and public buildings being invaded by water. [25] The overflowing water bodies in Ipatinga, especially the Ipanema stream, which traverses the city, caused floods in various neighborhoods, with Veneza being one of the hardest hit.
The Rio-Santos highway, the main road in the region connecting it to Rio de Janeiro state, [2] suffered extensive damage, with numerous landslides covering or destroying stretches of the road. [10] Another road connecting Santos with Bertioga was blocked off. [2] Landslides from the rainfall on 21 February impacted Juqueí, displacing 80 people ...