The number of deaths due to the rains in Rio de Janeiro rises to 7

At least 7 people died as a result of the rains that hit Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night (21). According to the Fire Department this Thursday (22), two people died in Nova Iguaçu, four in Barra do Pirai and one in Japeri.

Firefighters continue to search for a missing person in Mendes.

Deaths

In Japeri, in Baixada Fluminense, a child died after a house collapsed. The property was hit by a landslide and was destroyed.

In Barra do Piraí, in the south of the state, a slope gave way and hit a three-story house. Four people died.

In Nova Iguaçu, two men died as a result of the storms. One in the Ipiranga neighborhood, another in Jardim Pernambuco.

Young man saves

The young man who saved a mother and two children from a flood, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, did not usually make the journey that culminated in the rescue on Wednesday night (21), in Nova Iguaçu, in Baixada Fluminense.

According to Marcos Vinicius, 20 years old, the bus he was on changed route due to flooding and the change in route meant that his and the victims' destinations crossed.

“The flood made me change my route and help that family”, said Marcos, to CNN .

Searches in Mendes

In the municipality of Mendes, also in the south of Rio de Janeiro, a new landslide was recorded. According to firefighters, two people were rescued alive and a six-year-old child was missing.

According to the Fire Department, 130 incidents related to rain were recorded in the last 24 hours.

According to the State Center for Monitoring and Alerting of Natural Disasters (Cemaden-RJ), the hydrological risk is very high in Nova Iguaçu, Queimados, Barra do Piraí, Mendes, Paracambi, Porto Real, Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Japeri, Belford Roxo and Rio de Janeiro. There is a possibility of flooding and flooding.