At least 23 people died in Petrópolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, due to heavy rains that caused landslides and floods, devastating the city, flooding the historic center, with destroyed houses and interruptions in the supply of electricity and water. “We are sending all the aid”, said the governor Cláudio Castro, as reported by the newspaper ‘O Globo’, ensuring the maximum commitment to “assist the population in the shortest possible time and reduce the terrible impact of these rains”. President Jair Bolsonaro, on a visit to Russia, assured “a commitment to help”. “I’ll be back on Friday – he wrote – God console the relatives of the victims”.