Disaster● Elevated29m ago · Nov 11, 2026, 12:28 PM
Car falls into crater opened by rain on RS highway; driver rescued by construction workers
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from G1 · Brazil · South America
Flash flood opens crater on highway and blocks access to city in Northern RS. A car fell into a crater on highway RS-463, between the municipalities of Tapejara and Vila Langaro, in Northern Rio Grande do Sul, on Tuesday afternoon (10). The accident happened at the point where the asphalt had sunk after
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