RIO DE JANEIRO: Flooding and landslides due to heavy rains have claimed six lives in southeast Brazil.
A Footage shared on social media showed streets in Espirito Santo state turned into rivers and cars being swept away by raging, muddy water.
Reports also indicate the water almost reaches the roof of a gas station. The causalities happened in the towns of Iconha and Alfredo Chaves, with three deaths in each town.
Two of the victims were elderly people who died after a landslide hit their home in the mud. sources said that in just 24 hours, Alfredo Chaves recorded the rainfall it normally gets in the whole month of January.
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