Seventeen people are also missing, seven injured, and some 3,500 have been forced out of their homes following a series of landslides and building collapses, Civil Defense officials said.
Television footage showed images of overflowing rivers, flooded neighborhoods and trees and utility poles knocked over by the rushing water.Most of the victims were killed in landslides or buried in destroyed homes. At least two children were listed among the dead.Rainfall in the region has been the heaviest since records were first kept 110 years ago, the National Institute of Meteorology said.
Forecasters said the rain is expected to taper off on Sunday, but authorities warn that the danger of landslides remains high, especially in the Belo Horizonte area. The deluge coincided with the first anniversary of the dam collapse in the Minas Gerais town of Brumadinho that killed 270 people. Eleven people are still listed as missing.
An accumulation of water and a lack of drainage caused the tailings dam rupture on Jan 25, 2019, according to a report commissioned by the mining firm Vale. - AFP
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