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Brazilian Man Rescued After Being Trapped Under 13 Feet of Mud for 16 Hours (VIDEO)
January 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Marcelo Fonseca, a 42 year old Brazilian man was pulled out of thick mud by rescuers digging with their hands through layers of debris caused by a landslide, product of the torrential rains pouring down Teresopolis, and other towns north of Rio de Janeiro. continue reading »
Colombia’s Own Katrina: Rupture of Dique Canal (VIDEO)
December 16, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The heavy rainfalls that have caused state of emergency in Venezuela and northern Colombia, have caused a canal that connects the coastal city of Cartagena with the Magdalena river to rupture and submerge half of the state of Atlántico under close to 3 thousand million daily cubic feet of water. continue reading »