SAO PAULO — Raging torrents from a ruptured dam swamped a rural town in Brazil, killing a 12-year-old girl, leaving the town in dark and destroying at least 500 homes in a region already devastated by weeks of floods, authorities said Thursday.
Video footage showed water inundating the northeastern village of Cocal, home to about 25,000 people, after the dam failed Wednesday night.
"It was like a tsunami,” Piaui state Gov. Wellington Dias said.
Downpours have battered Brazil since April, causing floods and mudslides in a region extending from the Amazon rain forest to the Atlantic Ocean. Authorities say 54 people have been killed and more than 415,000 displaced.
Heavy rains in recent days swelled the reservoir behind the dam, the Piaui state government said. The floods also swept away crops and livestock.
by the associated press
Video footage showed water inundating the northeastern village of Cocal, home to about 25,000 people, after the dam failed Wednesday night.
"It was like a tsunami,” Piaui state Gov. Wellington Dias said.
Downpours have battered Brazil since April, causing floods and mudslides in a region extending from the Amazon rain forest to the Atlantic Ocean. Authorities say 54 people have been killed and more than 415,000 displaced.
Heavy rains in recent days swelled the reservoir behind the dam, the Piaui state government said. The floods also swept away crops and livestock.
by the associated press
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