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2020 Brazilian floods and mudslides
NOAA satellite imagery shows remnants of the storm over Brazil, taken 27 January 2020
Date
17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)–29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)
Location
Brazil Minas Gerais Espírito Santo Rio de Janeiro
Deaths
70
From 17 to 29 January 2020, heavy rainstorms in the Southeast Region of Brazil caused widespread flooding and landslides in the states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, being associated with Subtropical Storm Kurumí.[1][2][3]
The state capital of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, reported it was the highest rainfall in over 110 years.[2] As of 30 January 2020, at least 70 people had died[4][5][6][7] with 18 still missing, and an estimated 30,000 to 46,500 people had been displaced from their homes.[8][9] The flooding coincided with the first anniversary of the 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster which killed 270 people.[1]
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^"Minas tem 50 mortes por causa das chuvas dos últimos dias, diz Defesa Civil". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^"Sobe para 57 número de mortes por causa das chuvas em MG, diz Defesa Civil". G1 (in Portuguese).
^"Idosa morre arrastada pela enxurrada em Nova Iguaçu, no RJ". G1 (in Portuguese).
^"Sobe para 52 o número de mortes por causa das chuvas dos últimos dias em Minas Gerais, diz Defesa Civil". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^"Chuva deixa mais de 12 mil pessoas fora de casa no ES em 27 municípios". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^"Brazil rainstorms, landslides leave dozens dead, thousands evacuated". Fox News Channel. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^"Brazil region swept by floods and record rains faces muddy desolation". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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