Death toll from heavy rains near Rio de Janeiro rises to 94.

 Some 24 people were rescued alive.

Aerial photograph showing the damage caused by heavy rains affecting the city of Petrópolis (Brazil). Photo: EFE

At least 94 people were killed in the heaviest rains in 90 years in Brazil's former imperial city of Petrópolis, where a race against time was raging Wednesday to find any survivors under the mud and debris.As of Wednesday night, "94 deaths have been confirmed," reported the Civil Defense of the state of Rio de Janeiro in its latest report.A figure that continues to grow with the passing of the hours, after the storm that on Tuesday afternoon caused almost 300 landslides in the mountain city, located 68 km north of Rio.

“It was the worst rain since 1932,” declared the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro. "It's a theater of war," he added.Several roads in Petrópolis were turned into fast-flowing rivers that swept everything away as they passed and left a trail of houses reduced to rubble and vehicles piled up between the water and the mud.

Some parts of the city received up to 260 millimeters of rain in less than six hours, a volume higher than the historical average for all of February (240 mm), according to the MetSul meteorological agency.Some people were rescued alive.Rio de Janeiro's Public Ministry said 35 people were "registered" as missing on its people locator service, though firefighters and other authorities in charge of rescues did not confirm an official number of missing.

Videos viralized on social networks and broadcast on television showed chilling images, such as people trying to get out of buses completely submerged in the middle of the current, or the story of a mother who lost her 1-year-old baby.At times I think it's a nightmare, that I'll wake up and she'll be here. I waited 9 years to get pregnant, to do it right, to have conditions, and I was only able to enjoy one year with my daughter," Giselli Carvalho confessed to the G1 news portal.


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