What the records say
- When
- 5 Apr 2010
- Kind
- Flood
- Coordinates
- 22.91° S, 43.20° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides.
Summary
Starting on April 5 until the middle of the month, another series of floods and mudslides in Rio de Janeiro, causes at least 249 deaths, 161 injuries, and over 15,000 homeless. Property damage is estimated to be around R$23.76 billion (estimated to be around US$4.636 billion).
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el estado de Río de Janeiro, Brasil, un fuerte temporal de lluvia deja 28,8 cm de agua caída en 24 horas provocando inundaciones y aludes de barro con un…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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