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Rescue teams in southeastern Brazil continued recovering bodies from thick mud and debris on Tuesday (Feb 24) after landslides triggered by torrential rain killed at least 25 people in the state of Minas Gerais.

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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 possível,
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 vítimas, 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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