RIO DE JANEIRO – A top Rio de Janeiro state security official says at least 200 people have been buried in the latest landslide to hit the area.
Civil Defense subsecretary Pedro Machado tells Globo television that the slide plowed into a slum in the city of Niteroi.
Machado said Thursday that anyone there at the time was likely killed instantly.
Record rains since Monday have triggered mudslides across the Rio region.
The official death toll currently stands at 153 but is expected to rise sharply after Wednesday night’s slide in Niteroi.