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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains left at least 25 people dead in two states.
The most affected municipality is Mimoso do Sul, a town of almost 25,000 inhabitants located in south Espirito Santo, where flooding has killed at least 15 people.State Governor Renato Casagrande described the situation as “chaotic,” though the dropping water levels had allowed rescuers Sunday to make their way to previously inaccessible areas.In the neighboring state of Rio de Janeiro at least eight people have been killed, officials said, most of them from landslides.
The deluge came as Brazil, South America’s largest country, suffers through a recent string of extreme weather events, which experts say are more likely to occur due to climate change. Around 90 people have been rescued since Friday, according to a bulletin from an emergency committee comprising Rio government and civil defense officials.
In Mimoso do Sul, a fire truck was seen being dragged down a street by currents, while images released Saturday by the state fire department showed entire neighborhoods under water, with only the roofs of houses visible.
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