Brazil Flood

Brazil has announced that flood more than 500 people in a mountainous area southeast of the country, and authorities expect the death toll to rise. Driving rain set off mudslides that overwhelmed many large towns in the northern rural areas of Rio de Janeiro, and thousands roam the water up to waist level to higher ground. The authorities said in the town of Mount Teresopolis, Brazilian army has intensified in the provision of emergency medical services, but dominated the field hospital with the wounded. The mayor, Jorge Teresopolis Merio was almost equivalent to three or four quarters, with a few houses left standing. The President noted Dilma Rousseff illegal practices to build a lot of damage. "We have seen in areas not touched by the men of the mountains melt," she said, according to the BBC. "But we saw also in the areas of illegal occupation, which caused damage to the health and lives of the people." Hampered rescue efforts continued rain Friday, but there were no reports of additional landslides. He left about 14,000 people homeless, reports AFP.