Ilha Grande resort mudslide

Ilha Grande resort mudslide


Ilha Grande, Brazil (BR)
The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides are an extreme weather event that has affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died, with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey after it was destroyed by landslides, and many more have been injured. More than 4,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2010_Rio_de_Janeiro_floods_and_mudslides
The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides are an extreme weather event that has affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died, with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey after it was destroyed by landslides, and many more have been injured. More than 4,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2010_Rio_de_Janeiro_floods_and_mudslides
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