A rescue worker and a dog of the K-9 de Creixell O.N.G, from Spain, search for landslide victims in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.
A series of flash floods and mudslides struck several cities in Rio de Janeiro State, destroying houses, roads and more. More than 900 people are reported to have been killed and over 300 remain missing in this, Brazil’s worst-ever natural disaster.