Drone Video Shows Destruction From Heavy Floods in Brazil

Drone footage shows destroyed houses and a mountain hit by a landslide after heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil over the weekend left at least 35 people dead.

MORE: This is Brazil’s fourth major flooding event in five months. In the state of Pernambuco, at least 33 deaths were reported Saturday afternoon, as landslides wiped away hillside neighborhoods, according to the state's official Twitter account. More than 1,000 people were forced to leave their homes, at least temporarily, according to the state government.

Authorities in the neighboring state of Alagoas had registered two deaths, according to Brazil's federal emergency service.

In late December and early January, dozens were killed and tens of thousands displaced when rains hammered Bahia state, also located in northeastern Brazil. At least 18 died in flooding in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo later in January. In February, torrential downpours in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro state killed over 230.

While much of Brazil spent the majority of 2021 in a severe drought, unusually intense rains started to arrive in the final months of the year.

(Reuters)

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