According to the news released by the municipal government of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as of 18:30 local time on February 18, the disaster caused by the torrential rain had killed 136 people and lost contact with another 213 people.
Due to the serious damage to the local infrastructure, the family members of the missing persons were unable to report the incident to the police immediately.
As of the morning of the 18th, 24 people have been rescued successfully, and 967 people have been sent to temporary rescue shelters.
In the evening of the same day, the local meteorological department issued a rainstorm warning again, and the search and rescue work was temporarily suspended.
According to the early warning of the local environmental monitoring agency, there is still a high risk of landslides and other disasters in the region in the next few days.
(Headquarters reporter Yan Shu)