5 Killed, 20 Missing As Cliff Collapses Onto Boaters In Brazil Lake
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A large rock fragment detached itself from a ravine and plunged atop three boats on weekend trips to Furnas Lake, a tourist area in the Capitolio region.
At least five people were killed and 20 others missing when a cliff collapsed onto boaters in a lake in Brazil, authorities said Saturday.
"So far, there are five confirmed deaths" and "the current estimate is 20 missing people," in addition to 32 people injured, Colonel Edgard Estevo da Silva, commander of the Minas Gerais Firefighters, told a press conference.
At midday local time Saturday, a large rock fragment detached itself from a ravine and plunged atop three boats on weekend trips to Furnas Lake, a tourist area in the Capitolio region.
Tourists flock to see its rock walls, caverns and waterfalls that surround the green waters of Lake Furnas, formed by the hydroelectric dam of the same name.
