{"id":13418,"date":"2026-02-25T10:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13418"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:47:54","slug":"rescuers-search-for-missing-after-storm-deluge-kills-30-in-brazil-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13418","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers search for missing after storm deluge kills 30 in Brazil | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 25 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">25 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Firemen have pulled a man\u2019s body from the mud amid the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in southeastern Brazil, where 30 people have died and another 39 are still missing after torrential rain.<\/p>\n<p>A river burst its banks and streets became raging currents of brown water in the state of Minas Gerais after the overnight downpour in a region that has seen record rainfall this month.<\/p>\n<p>State firefighters said on Tuesday that 30 people had died in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Uba, and that more than 200 people had been rescued.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters and sniffer dogs were working to find the 39 people still missing in the debris.<\/p>\n<p>In a hillside neighbourhood of Juiz de Fora, 12 houses were swept away in a \u201cmassive landslide\u201d, Major Demetrius Goulart of the fire brigade told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people were inside their homes at night when it was raining,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Juiz de Fora\u2019s mayor, Margarida Salomao, declared a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is to guarantee humanitarian assistance, the restoration of basic services, aid to displaced people and support for reconstruction,\u201d President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Salomao said her municipality of a little over half a million people was experiencing its wettest February on record, with 584mm of accumulated rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 3,000 people had to leave their homes, the mayor\u2019s office reported.<\/p>\n<p>Some neighbourhoods are isolated, with at least 20 landslides, Salomao said, calling the situation \u201cextreme\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>State authorities suspended classes in all municipal schools.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil has suffered various tragedies in recent years due to extreme weather events ranging from floods to drought and intense heatwaves.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, more than 200 people died and two million were affected by unprecedented flooding in southern Brazil, one of the worst natural disasters in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Two years earlier, a deluge in the city of Petropolis, outside Rio de Janeiro, left 241 people dead.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have linked most of these events to the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 25 Feb 202625 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Firemen have pulled a man\u2019s body from the mud amid the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in southeastern Brazil, where 30 people have died and another 39 are still missing after torrential rain. 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