{"id":741859,"date":"2022-01-09T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T15:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/at-least-6-dead-32-injured-after-huge-rock-falls-on-boats\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T15:37:39","slug":"at-least-6-dead-32-injured-after-huge-rock-falls-on-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/at-least-6-dead-32-injured-after-huge-rock-falls-on-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 6 dead, 32 injured after huge rock falls on boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"287\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/renders-red-things-thanks-for-the-100-watchers-death-neon-light-signage-png-clip-art-Copy-1-696x287.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"renders-red-things-thanks-for-the-100-watchers-death-neon-light-signage-png-clip-art (Copy)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>At least six people were killed and dozens injured after a massive rock formation collapsed on top of three boats  in Brazil \u00a0in an incident that was captured on video and posted on social media.\u00a0L<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian authorities have confirmed the incident, which happened in the city of Capitolia in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Saturday at Furnas Lake,\u00a0 according to the New York Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 20 people may be missing and officials are working to identify them, Edgard Estevo, commander of the Minas Gerais State Fire Department, said in a news conference. He said many of the injured had been released from the hospital by Saturday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rio-Grande-River.jpg\" alt=\"Low water levels in the Rio Grande River during a drought at the Furnas Reservoir in Furnas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Monday, June 28, 2021. (Getty Images)\" width=\"724\" height=\"363\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>In the video posted on Twitter, a large portion of a cliff can be seen crashing into the water at a popular tourist attraction along the Rio Grande river, directly on top of several boats as horrified onlookers screamed. Furnas Lake was created in 1958 in conjunction with the development of a hydroelectric plant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Estevo said the accident occurred between the towns of Sao Jose da Barra and Capitolio, from which the boats had left.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian news portal G1 reports that firefighters believe a sudden downpour of rain caused the rocks to become dislocated and fall into the river. Helicopters and divers were deployed to help with the search and rescue. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22008718528710.jpg\" alt=\"A tourist boat navigates through a canyon in Furnas Lake, near Capitolio City, Brazil, Sept. 2, 2021.\u00a0\" width=\"743\" height=\"374\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>At least 32 people have reportedly been injured and it was believed that each boat involved was carrying 12 to 20 people, including children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/RioGrandeRiver2.jpg\" alt=\"Low water levels in the Rio Grande River during a drought at the Furnas Reservoir in Furnas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Getty Images)\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><em>Low water levels in the Rio Grande River during a drought at the Furnas Reservoir in Furnas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Tuesday, <\/em>June 29, 2021. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Rovilson Teixeira, who has worked in the area for six years,\u00a0told\u00a0the Brazilian outlet OTempo he has never seen anything like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe are all stunned, nobody knows how many victims, but I can already tell you that there were not one or two deaths, but many deaths,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are a lot of hurt people. The region is full of ambulances that have come from other areas to pick up the victims, but no one yet realizes the scale of the tragedy here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"GdezYF86dD4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Constitution Day: Ghanaians express varied views about significance of day \u2013 Adom TV News (7-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GdezYF86dD4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least six people were killed and dozens injured after a massive rock formation collapsed on top of three boats in Brazil \u00a0in an incident that was captured on video and posted on social media.\u00a0L Brazilian authorities have confirmed the incident, which happened in the city of Capitolia in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}