Brazil Floods and Landslides - 2011

Brazil Floods and landslides The mountainous area of Teresopolis, close to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been hit with heavy rains. The rain has caused flooding and landslides which have killed over 500 people It's the worst natural disaster to hit Latin America's biggest nation since flooding and slides in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states killed 785 people in 1967, according to the Brussels-based International Disaster Database, which has records of deadly natural events in Brazil since 1900. TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) -- Grieving mudslide survivors carried the bodies of loved ones for hours down washed-out mountainsides on Friday as the death toll hit 514. They told of entire neighborhoods in a resort city destroyed and pleaded for food and water to reach those still isolated by Brazil's deadliest natural disaster in four decades. Officials said the death toll in four towns north of Rio de Janeiro was still rising and could jump further once rescuers can reach areas cut off by Wednesday's slides. They refused to even guess how many remain missing. Local reports put it in the hundreds. Rio state's Civil Defense department said on its website that 227 people were killed in Teresopolis and 230 in Nova Friburgo, a 45-mile (75-kilometer) drive to the west of Teresopolis that draws hikers and campers to mountain trails, waterfalls and dramatic views of lush green slopes. Another 41 died in neighboring Petropolis and 16 in the town of Sumidouro. The Civil Defense agency said about 14,000 people had been driven from their homes. An additional 37 people had died in floods and mudslides since Christmas in other parts of southeastern Brazil - 16 in Minas Gerais state north of Rio and 21 in Sao Paulo state. ATTENTION : some pictures can HURT

An aerial view shows a landslide-affected area in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 127. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

An aerial view shows a landslide-affected area in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 127. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos Brazil's Deadly Landslides

Rescue workers attempt to locate survivors after a landslide hit Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 127. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos Brazil's Deadly Landslides

An aerial view shows a landslide-affected area in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 127. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A view of a once-populated hillside destroyed by a landslide in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 160. REUTERS/Luiza Garcia

Rescue workers search for victims of a landslide in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 160. REUTERS/Luiza Garcia

Residents cross a street affected by a landslide in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 160. REUTERS/Luiza Garcia

The bodies of victims of a landslide lie inside a building where rescue workers placed them in Teresopolis January 12, 2011. Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 160. REUTERS/Luiza Garcia

A destroyed house is seen after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A destroyed house is seen after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER)

A resident looks at a destroyed house after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A destroyed house is seen after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A resident walks in front of a destroyed house after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Residents walk past destroyed cars after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Residents walk past near a damaged truck after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A destroyed car is seen after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A resident sits on the remnant of a wall of his destroyed house after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Residents walk between fallen trees after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A children's playground is seen after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Two residents carry a motorcylce over a bridge made of a plank of wood after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

The bodies of victims of the landslides lie on the ground in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A woman walks past near bodies of victims of the landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

The foot of a victim is pictured after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

The hand of a victim is pictured on the ground after a landslide in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 369. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Residents whose homes were destroyed in a landslide rest in a shelter in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 375. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A child affected by a landslide sleeps at a shelter in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 375. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Rescue workers and residents search the rubble of a building that collapsed in a landslide in Nova Friburgo, January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 375. REUTERS/Shana Reis-Government of Rio/Handout

Residents whose homes were destroyed in a landslide rest in a shelter in Teresopolis January 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 375. The banner at top reads: Teresopolis, a city of spectacle. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

An aerial view of a neighborhood partially destroyed by a landslide caused by heavy rains in Nova Friburgo, January 13, 2011. Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by raging floods and landslides that have killed at least 388 people in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters in decades. REUTERS/Shana Reis-Government of Rio/Handout

A man stands among debris after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. A new and ominous rain began falling again Friday in mountain towns, hindering rescuers' efforts to reach survivors even as relatives hauled the dead down the hills to freshly dug graves. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Buildings damaged after a landslide are seen in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Residents look at buildings damaged after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this photo released by Rio de Janeiro's state government are seen homes affected by landslides in the Nova Friburgo municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Shana Reis, Rio de Janeiro state government)

Residents walk by overturned cars as they leave with their belongings after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Buildings damaged after a landslide are seen in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana

A man looks at debris after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Buildings damaged after a landslide are seen in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A woman is rescued from a landslide area in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Residents carrying belongings leave a landslide area in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A rescue worker searches for landslide victims in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A woman is helped by residents after being rescued from a landslide area in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A dog looks on from the inside of a house damaged after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Residents carry a landslide victim in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

People displaced by landslides rest at a shelter in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Amaurino Anselmo Goncalves stands next to his house damaged after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Roberta Machado Correia, who survived a landslide, attends the burial of a friend in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The mother of Mauro Viana, a 9-year-old who died in a landslide, reacts during her son's burial in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Men lower the casket of Mauro Viana, 9, who died in a landslide in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Residents remove the body of a landslide victim from the debris in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

People bury victims of a landslide in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Teresopolis, RJ, Brazil - Grave of victims of landslides and flooding in Teresopolis, at Carlinda Berlims Cemetery, in the Brazilian southeastern state of Rio de Janeiro, on Jan. 13. - Wilton Junior / Zuma Press

Victim of Landslide in the wreckage Teresopolise, State of Rio de Janeiro. About 350 people were killed in a landslide, and 50 more are missing. (AP Photo / Felipe Dana)

Rescuers found a live rabbit, searching the wreckage of homes destroyed by a landslide in Teresopolise, State of Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo / Felipe Dana)

Getty Images A house is seen after being wrecked by mudslides in Nova Friburgo, some 150 km from downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 14, 2010. Days of flooding and mudslides have left thousands of people without homes and over 520 dead in southeast Brazil.

Getty Images People walk through flooded streets observing the wreckage caused by mudslides in the town of Nova Friburgo, some 150 km from downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 14, 2011. Days of flooding and mudslides have left thousands of people without homes and over 500 dead in southeast Brazil.

Reuters Pictures Gravediggers transport a coffin of a victim killed by a landslide in a graveyard Teresopolis January 14, 2011. Rescuers uncovered more victims buried under mountains of mud and wrecked homes on Friday as the death toll from torrential rains and massive flooding topped 500, Brazil's worst natural disaster in four decades.

Rescue workers search for victims after heavy rains caused mudslides in a low-income neughbourhood in Teresopolis, some 100 km from downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 12, 2011. Authorities have stated that more than a thousand people have been left without homes and 71 lost their lives in Teresopolis alone. - Photograph by: (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

A man stands at his doorway observing the wreckage caused by mudslides and flooding in Teresopolis, some 100 km from downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 13, 2011. Rescuers searched through layers of mud Thursday for survivors and bodies after freakishly heavy rains caused landslides and torrents to slice through three towns near Rio de Janeiro, killing at least 356 people. - Photograph by: (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents walk atop of a rock after a landslide in Teresopolis January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Reuters Pictures Residents carry their belongings salvaged from a landslide in Teresopolis January 14, 2011. Rescuers uncovered more victims buried under mountains of mud and wrecked homes on Friday as the death toll from torrential rains and massive flooding topped 500, Brazil's worst natural disaster in four decades.

Reuters Pictures A resident carries his belongings salvaged from a landslide in Teresopolis January 14, 2011. Rescuers uncovered more victims buried under mountains of mud and wrecked homes on Friday as the death toll from torrential rains and massive flooding topped 500, Brazil's worst natural disaster in four decades.

A church stands amid the wreckage caused by mudslides in the town of Nova Friburgo, some 150 km from downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 14, 2011. Days of flooding and mudslides have left thousands of people without homes and over 500 dead in southeast Brazil. - Photograph by: (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Six-month old baby Nicolas Guimaraes (C) is rescued from the wreckage caused by a mudslide in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro on January 12, 2011. Days of flooding and mudslides have left thousands of people without homes and over 500 dead in southeast Brazil. - Photograph by: (MARCUS VINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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