RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 16 : Brazil - Complex Emergency

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Situation Update No. 16 Posted:2010-04-06, 14:45:51 [UTC] Ref.no.: CE-20100406-25596-BRA Situation Update No. 16 On 2010-04-10 at 14:22:20 [UTC] Event: Complex Emergency Location: Brazil State of Rio de Janeiro Statewide Rio de Janeiro, Niteroi, Sao Goncalo Number of Deads: 256 person(s) Number of Injured: 106 person(s) Number of Missing: 253 person(s) Number of Evacuated: 24000 person(s) Situation: Brazilian authorities say the death toll from the massive landslides that hit Rio de Janeiro has reached 256. Rescue workers recovered scores of bodies after part of a hillside collapsed just outside the city on Wednesday. Local fire department officials estimate that as many as 400 people may have been killed following two days of heavy rain earlier in the week and the subsequent landslides that engulfed shanty towns surrounding Brazil's second largest city. Torrential rains caused repeated floods and landslides in the hillside slums, forcing some 5,000 people out of their homes. Rio police have been authorized to evacuate locals from their residences in areas at risk of collapse. Weather reports predict further rainfalls in the coming days. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu