Footage exhibits a person narrowly avoiding falling right into a river in southern Brazil as a motorway bridge gave manner on Tuesday.
Heavy rains – triggering enormous floods within the state of Rio Grande do Sul – have killed 39 folks, with 68 nonetheless lacking, native officers say.
Tens of 1000’s have fled their houses and there have been energy cuts and water outages.
On Thursday, a hydroelectric dam between the municipality of Cotiporã and the town of Bento Gonçalves collapsed, inflicting a two-metre (6.6ft) wave and plunging cities below water.
The intense climate has been attributable to a uncommon mixture of hotter-than-average temperatures, excessive humidity and robust winds.