Overview
- Authorities report 48 dead and 13 missing in Juiz de Fora and six dead with two missing in Ubá after days of intense rainfall.
- More than 3,500 residents have been left homeless as houses collapsed and streets turned into torrents.
- Juiz de Fora declared an emergency, suspended municipal classes and converted facilities into shelters as neighborhoods remain cut off.
- The Paraibuna River overflowed and at least 20 landslides struck the city after 584 liters per square meter fell in the rainiest February on record there.
- Brazil’s federal government mobilized rescue and relief teams, while continuing heavy rain forced pauses in operations and forecasters warn of further downpours through Friday.