Not all the bodies will be discovered under the vast areas still covered in mud and debris [Maria Elena Romero/ Al Jazeera]
This was the phrase I heard most last week while covering the devastating mudslides in the Serrana region of Rio de Janeiro state: "I have never seen anything like this in my life."
Ten biggest natural disasters in Brazil
- Meningitis epidemic, Sao Paulo, January 1974: 1,500 dead. - Mudslides, Rio state, January 2011: 785 dead (as of this writing - - Floods in Rio, January 1967: 785 dead. - Mudslides, Sao Paulo, March 1967: 436 dead
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