Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 11
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Neighborhoods in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state are flooded more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 11 people
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Neighborhoods in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state remained flooded Monday more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 11 people.
The heavy downpour wreaked havoc over the weekend, flooding peoples’ homes, a hospital, the metro line in the city of Rio de Janeiro and a main freeway section, Avenida Brasil.
Some people drowned and were killed in landslides, while at least three died after being electrocuted. Eight towns across the state remained at a “very high” risk of landslides and another 10 at “high” risk, according to civil defense officials.
“We feel like animals. It’s not normal to live like this,” Heloisa Regina, 55, said as she surveyed her flooded bar and home in Duque de Caxias, a city to the north of Rio where more than 100 millimeters (3.9 feet) of rain fell in 24 hours.
Regina spent the night trying to sleep on a pool table, wondering how she was going to pay to repair the damage to the bar she has owned for 30 years. “We’ve lost everything,” she said.
