A lethal landslide engulfs Brazil’s BR-376 freeway within the southern state of Parana, burying six trailers and as many as 15 autos. Officers report two persons are confirmed lifeless and between 30 and 50 persons are lacking. Picture courtesy of Santa Catarina Fireplace Division
Nov. 30 (UPI) — A landslide in Brazil, following heavy rains, buried vans and automobiles on a rural freeway Wednesday killing at the least two folks and leaving dozens of others lacking.
The landslide struck a 656-foot stretch of Brazil’s BR-376 freeway, within the southern state of Parana, burying six trailers and as many as 15 autos, CNNE reported.
Aerial photographs present the massive landslide and timber overlaying the freeway, with autos swept over a ravine on the opposite facet.
A fireplace division consultant estimates there could possibly be between 30 and 50 folks lacking.
Brazil’s army police, firefighters and rescue canines had been digging via the mud to seek out survivors, however added dangerous climate and the distant location had been complicating the search.
Emergency companies positioned six survivors, together with the mayor of the coastal city of Guaratuba, Roberto Justus, who stated he was “alive by the grace of God,” in keeping with AFP information company.
“It was horrible,” he stated. “The mountain simply fell on prime of us. It swept away each final automotive.”
Heavy rains and flooding all through Brazil in latest weeks have compelled greater than 8,600 folks to evacuate their properties, with extra rain forecast via Monday.
The coasts of three southern states — Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul — stay categorized as “pink alert” with a severe danger of landslides.