Overview
- State rescue officials report 54 dead and 14 missing after downpours triggered floods and landslides beginning late Monday.
- All confirmed fatalities are in Juiz de Fora and Ubá, where a swollen Paraibuna River and unstable hillsides caused homes to collapse.
- More than 5,000 people have fled or been evacuated from affected neighborhoods, with shelters opened and schools closed.
- Inmet maintains high-level weather alerts for the region with warnings of strong winds, further heavy rainfall, power outages and flash flooding.
- Hundreds of firefighters and civil defense teams, using sniffer dogs, boats and heavy machinery, continue large-scale searches after more than 230 rescues.