Mudslides Kill at Least 64 in Southeast Brazil -- Death Toll Likely to Rise As Searches Continue

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ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil - Firefighters using heavy machinery, shovels and bare hands dug for survivors Saturday but found only corpses under a mountain of red earth and crushed lodgings - the worst of a spate of mudslides and floods that killed at least 64 people in southeastern Brazil.

At least 26 people died in the New Year's Day slide that buried an upscale resort on the island of Ilha Grande, including the 18- year-old daughter of the couple who built the waterfront lodge at the foot of a cliff side covered with rain forest.

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Mudslides Kill at Least 64 in Southeast Brazil -- Death Toll Likely to Rise As Searches Continue

A torrent of mud tore a 1,000-foot scar down the hill, pushing parts of the Pousada Sankay ...

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