Landslides in Brazil - The Big Picture - Boston.com “A firefighter reacts during a Mass in honor of landslide victims at a Catholic church in Nova Friburgo, Brazil on Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)”
“[Two weeks ago], a series of flash floods and mudslides struck the Serrana mountain region near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, destroying buildings roads and more. Nearly 14,000 people are now homeless, 759 are reported to have been killed and another 400 remain missing in this, Brazil’s worst-ever natural disaster.”