Brazil municipal workers clear streets following heavy floods in Rio

Municipal workers collect destroyed belongings of residents from the city of Belford Roxo in Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains and subsequent flooding hit the region.  Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state flooded on Monday after torrential rains that killed at least 12 people.

The heavy downpour wreaked havoc over the weekend, flooding peoples’ homes, a hospital, the metro line in the city of Rio and a main freeway section. Some people drowned and were killed in landslides, while at least three died after being electrocuted. Eighteen towns across the state remained at “high” risk of landslides, according to civil defense officials.