Rescue teams in Brazil had to stop work on Friday because of the risks of new landslides. Photograph: Bruna Prado/APhave killed at least seven people, authorities said on Saturday, while a four-year-old girl was rescued after more than 16 hours under mud.Rescue teams had to stop work on Friday because of the risks of new landslides.
The girl’s father died as a house was knocked to the ground. She survived because he protected her with his body, members of rescue teams said.Residents had been warned of potential problems for the weekend since Thursday. Firefighters have struggled to reach those hit by heavy rains, many of them residents of long-endangered areas.
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