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“We don’t yet know the full scale of this," the mayor of Petropolis said.
And in Virginia, three people are missing after getting swept away in floodwaters Wednesday night.
“We’re still in rescue mode and we still hope to find someone alive, although the chances of that are becoming slim."
The actress complained that a blocked freeway was making her late for her boyfriend’s concert.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“Realistically we suspect we are going to have the discovery of more people killed in this incident,” an official said.
It's not just a tragic coincidence that the region is facing back-to-back disasters.
More than a dozen people are dead after mudslides struck Santa Barbara in the middle of the night. Recent wildfires have made the region more susceptible to the natural disaster.
More than a dozen people have died in the disaster.
A mass burial today will free up space for more bodies in the central morgue, which is overloaded.
"We've found entire families," said a disaster agency official.