Petrópolis: Hopes fade for survivors in flood-hit Brazil city - BBC News

Alarms rang out across the Brazilian city of Petrópolis on Thursday, warning of more heavy rain to come after floods and landslides killed at least 117 people with more than 100 missing.

The rescue mission has been temporarily called off and some people, fearing more destruction, are fleeing the city.

One volunteer rescuer said that finding survivors under the rubble was now "practically impossible".

This week's rainfall in Petrópolis was the heaviest in nearly a century.