Dozens killed in Brazil mudslides

　　巴西泥石流致数十人遇难

　　At least 27 people are dead following a string of landslides in the mountains of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the mudslides, which were brought on by heavy rains. Seventeen inches of rain fell here in just 24 hours - that's almost double the average for March. Rescue workers have been working around the clock, searching for survivors and bodies. The risks of avalanches in areas like this are particularly high - and authorities have vowed to take "more drastic" measures to stop people from building homes in dangerous areas. Some residents, too, have decided to pack up and leave, saying they no longer wish to put their families at risk. Floods and landslides killed about 1,000 people in the region in 2011, in Brazil's worst natural disaster on record. Projects promised by local authorities since then haven't materialized, though warning sirens installed in the region have helped to reduce the number of deaths this year.

　　巴西里约热内卢山区发生的一系列山体滑坡至少已造成27人死亡。大雨带来的泥石流已造成数以百计的房屋被毁。24小时的降雨带来了17英寸的雨量――这几乎是3月平均降雨量的两倍。救援人员正夜以继日地寻找幸存者和遇难者。类似这样的地区特别容易发生山崩，当局已经誓言要采取“更有力的”措施阻止人们在危险地区建房子。一些居民也已经决定整理东西离开，他们表示不再希望让自己家庭面临风险。2011年，洪水和山体滑坡在该地区夺去了约1000人的生命，创造了巴西历史上最严重的自然灾害。自那时起，尽管该地区已经安装了警报器并使今年死亡的人数有所减少，但当时地方当局承诺建立的项目还没有落实。