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Nova Friburgo flooding 2011 Brazil_11rf00008.jpg
Rescue workers remove mud and wreckages from destroyed church during the January 2011 Nova Friburgo flooding - a series of floods, landslides and mudslides that took place in several towns of the Mountainous Region ( Regiao Serrana ), in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. According to the National Institute for Space Research, the precipitation was caused by a Humidity Convergence Zone, a lesser form of the South Atlantic Convergence Zone. Nova Friburgo was the city most heavily affected by the floods. It is considered one of the worst weather-related natural disaster in Brazilian history.
Ricardo Funari / BrazilPhotos 20 Jan 2011 5616x3744 / 5.1MB
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