ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A mudslide killed a family of six in a rural part of eastern Minas Gerais on Tuesday (December 17).<br/> <br />One of the bodies of the six victims was still missing, but presumed dead.<br/> <br />According to the local state Civil Defence, the mudslide was the result of heavy rains hitting the region in recent days.<br/> <br />River levels also rose, resulting in the flooding of residential and commercial buildings.<br/> <br />Local authorities responded by quickly searching for those missing while also setting up shelters in local schools.<br/> <br />In the municipality of close to 5,500 residents 77 people have been displaced and another 39 have become homeless as a result of the calamity, according to local media reports.<br/> <br />The Civil Defence confirmed that this now makes eight total weather-related deaths since the rainy season began in October.
