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The official death toll following catastrophic flooding and landslides on Tuesday, February 15, in Petropolis, Brazil, reached 105 on Thursday while the number of people made homeless rose to 705.. Those numbers had risen steadily since search-and-rescue efforts got underway early on Wednesday morning. Firefighters could not determine how many people were missing, UOL reported on Thursday. Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) said a record 259.8 mm (10.2 inches) of rain fell on Petropolis over 24 hours, far surpassing the previous record of 168.2 mm (6.6 inches), set in 1952. This footage taken by Petropolis tour guide Abel Abay shows the aftermath in parts of the city on Wednesday. In the first clip, piled vehicles and muddy remnants are seen near the Cathedral of Petropolis. The second clip shows a destroyed building and vehicles hanging off cliffs. On Thursday, the National Civil Defense evacuated residents in the 24 de Maio community of Petropolis after the region reported that a potentially new landslide had occurred, according to local news reports. There were no confirmed casualties as of Thursday afternoon. As Inmet forecast storms to persist until at least Saturday, the National Civil Defense warned that the possibility of floods, flash floods, and landslides remained “very high” for the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Dom Abel Abay, Guia Imperial via Storyful
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