Mudslides in Rio leave 75 dead

Title

Mudslides in Rio leave 75 dead

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Feb 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:10

Description

Justin Corrigan interviews Marcio Moreira Alves, the Under-Secretary of State for Rio de Janeiro and the man responsible for international help, on floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains which have left twenty thousand people homeless and another seventy-five reported dead so far in the Brazilian city.

Contributors

Justin Corrigan; Marcio Moreira Alves

Keywords

Floods; Natural disasters; Brazil; Deaths (numbers); Rio de Janeiro; Rain; Landslides

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