Police said 165 people were still missing after Tuesday’s storm. It is unlikely that he will be found again after the disaster, authorities said.
The death toll from the torrential rains that caused floods and landslides in the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 152, authorities said on Sunday, as the pope sent words of condolence.
Rescue workers and residents searching for their missing relatives continued to dig mountains of mud and debris in the southeastern city, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday, looking like “battlefields.”
Police said 165 people were still missing after Tuesday’s storm. It is unlikely that he will be found again after the disaster, authorities said.
It is not yet clear whether the death toll will rise slightly.
The number of missing persons has dropped as more bodies have been identified, and as families have been able to find relatives alive and fear they will be lost in the aftermath of the storm, police said.
To date, 124 bodies have been identified, including 28 children, they said.
Pope Francis sent his latest message of comfort Sunday following his Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican.