Death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil passes 100: "We don't yet know the full scale of this"

Floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the Brazilian city of Petropolis have killed at least 105 people, Rio de Janeiro state's government confirmed. But even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear Thursday how many bodies remained trapped in the mud.

Rubens Bomtempo, mayor of the German-influenced city nestled in the mountains, didn't even offer an estimate for the number of people missing, with recovery efforts still ongoing.

"We don't yet know the full scale of this," Bomtempo said at a news conference Wednesday. "It was a hard day, a difficult day."