Brazil landslides leave hundreds dead

People cross a flooded street on a makeshift bridge after mudslides in Teresopolis Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Unseasonally heavy rains caused large sections of hillside to fall on some of the villages north of Rio de Janeiro Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA

Rescuers hurry to help a man swept along by the waters in the flooded Kaleme district Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

An aerial view of Teresopolis, one of the most damaged areas Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA

Firefighters and police check the central police station in the city of Franco da Rocha Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

Damaged cars in Teresopolis Photograph: Roberto Ferreira/AP

People play in a flooded street in central Franco da Rocha Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

A view of damaged buildings in Teresopolis, where dozens of people were buried alive Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA

Rescue workers try to move a fallen tree to search for victims Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands have been made homeless after their houses were destroyed Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Many of the buildings left intact by the landslides have been flooded Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA

Rescue workers search for victims of the landslides Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

A house is seen covered with mud after being hit by a landslide in Nova Friburgo Photograph: Keystone/Rex Features

A boy submerged in flood water in Sao Paulo Photograph: Keystone/Rex Features

Bodies on a pool table at a bar of Nova Friburgo Photograph: Keystone/Rex Features

Flooding in Sao Paulo Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

A woman wades through floods in Sao Paulo Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

People navigate the devastation caused by mudslides Photograph: Keystone/Rex Features

View of a mudslide in Teresopolis Photograph: Marino Azevedo/AP