According to the civic Civil plea, floodwaters opened up a 20-meter-wide dip clothed in the highway outside of Campos dos Goytacazes, which is a propos 275 kilometers 170 miles northeast of the coastal city of Rio de Janeiro.weighty rains across southern and central Brazil enclose furthermore wreaked havoc voguish the state of Minas Gerais, an inland state to the southeast of the nations assets of Brasilia.This wet weather spurred mudslides and flooding to facilitate earlier killed eight public and put on an additional 10,000 to leave their homes. This state has declared a state of emergency arrived 71 towns.January is more often than not a month with gray rains. A time past, other than 800 individuals died due to floods fashionable the state of Rio de Janeiro.