‘Almost Like War’
Dramatic footage posted on social media showed torrents of brown water charging down steep streets and churning through avenues, carrying trees, cars and other debris along with it. A wave of water was also filmed destroying buildings as it crashed down a hill.
“The situation is almost like war,” Rio de Janeiro Governor Claudio Castro told reporters at the site, according to Reuters. “Cars hanging from poles, cars overturned, lots of mud and water still.”
