Brazil Shantytown Hit by Mud Slide; Toll May Reach 50
At least 26 people were killed in a mud slide that swept through a shantytown in the Brazilian city of Victoria early Tuesday, police said.
They said that 26 bodies have been recovered so far but that at least 50 are feared to be dead. Rescue workers searching the tons of mud and stone that swept away 30 hillside shacks were being hampered by torrential rains.
The mud slide, caused by several days of continuous rain in the capital of Espirito Santo state, struck before dawn while most of the victims were asleep. Entire families are believed to have been killed, police added, and between 35 and 40 people were injured.
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