Rio Hotel Horror, as Landslides Kill 60

AFP, news.com.au ^ | Jan. 03, 2010 8:23AM

[gleeaikin]

Natural disasters kill 60 in Brazil The death toll from the hotel tragedy on Ilha Grande, a resort island southwest of Rio, has risen to... Views today: 111Sorry, this video is no longer available.REPLAY VIDEORESCUERS have pulled more bodies from an avalanche of thick mud and rock that buried a luxury hotel filled with New Year revellers, one of several landslides in southern Brazil that have claimed about 60 lives.

The death toll from the hotel tragedy on Ilha Grande, a resort island southwest of Rio, rose to 26 on Saturday.

State officials said another landslide in the nearby city of Angra dos Reis south of Rio left at least 13 people dead, part of a series of mudslides brought on by incessant rains that have killed at least 60 people across the state of Rio de Janeiro since Wednesday and left dozens missing.

Authorities said the Hotel Sankay was full to capacity with about 40 guests, including children, ringing in the New Year at the idyllic seaside getaway on Bananal beach.

The complex is nestled at the bottom of a jungle-covered hillside which gave way before dawn on New Year's Day, transforming the tourist paradise into an unimaginable hell.

[gleeaikin]

A friend of mine from Peru told me today that more than 100 people had died from disasters in Brazil, especially from a destroyed luxury hotel. This is one story I found on this topic.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. RIP.