00:02Rescue teams in southeastern Brazil continued recovering bodies from thick mud and debris
00:07on Tuesday, after landslides triggered by torrential rain killed at least 25 people in the state
00:13of Minas Juraes. Authorities confirmed 18 deaths in Juiz de Fora and 7 in Uba, with 43 others
00:22still missing as search efforts were hampered by the vast disaster zone.
00:25A maior dificuldade é a área, que é muito grande, são 12 residências, um volume grande
00:31de familiares que estavam dentro de casa, porque era um momento de chuva, era uma noite,
00:36então a gente vem fazendo apanhado desse pessoal para prestar o melhor atendimento possÃvel,
00:43só que o volume de terra é muito grande, então a gente vem trabalhando de forma minuciosa
00:49para atender na melhor forma os familiares e as vÃtimas, mas é um trabalho demorado e minucioso.
00:55Em Juiz de Fora alone, about 440 residents were displaced, while flooding and landslides
01:01forced schools to suspend classes. City officials said this February has been
01:06the rainiest on record, with rainfall already more than double the monthly average.
01:11Mayor Margarita Salomão described the situation as critical, while Brazil's National Institute
01:18of Meteorology issued heavy rain alerts for parts of 14 states, including all of Minas Juraes and Rio de Janeiro.
01:26Margarita Salomão
01:27Margarita Salomão
01:34You
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