Floods, landslides hit Rio

Torrential rains in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro region caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 230 people, April 5-7. In the city of Niteroi, across the bay from Rio, 60 were killed in a single mudslide when the Morro Bumba slum, built on a giant, unstable garbage dump, was swept down the mountain. 

Throughout the region, about 14,000 people were displaced by the flooding. Thousands more may be evicted from unsafe houses.