BRASILIA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – At least five people died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, the local fire department said.
A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall and came crashing down on several leisure boats, sending out a huge wave over the lake at Capitolio, in Minas Gerais state.
#Capitólio, Minas Gerais: a stone wall collapsed and fell on 3 boats. Initial information speaks of 1 dead and 15 wounded pic.twitter.com/TtyWnWU8xO
— Bellum et Pax 🇧🇷 (@BellumPaxBR) January 8, 2022
It occurred “due to heavy rains, which caused the loosening of a wall of stones in Lago de Furnas, in Capitolio,” Romeu Zema, governor of Minas, said https://t.co/v4C34a6o4e pic.twitter.com/GG54WmpTEh
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) January 8, 2022
