At least 10 people are dead and two remain hospitalized after a slab of a cliff broke off Saturday afternoon and crashed down onto four tourist boats in a lake in Brazil, officials said. PHOTO: Firefighters at the scene of a rescue operation after a wall of rock broke from a cliff falling onto several tourist boats at the canyons of Furnas Lake, city of Capitolio, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2022. (Minas Gerais Fire Department/AFP via Getty Images)One of the deceased victims has been identified as 68-year-old Julio Borges Antunes, according to the Minas Gerais Fire department. (Minas Gerais Fire Department/AFP via Getty Images)"I sympathize with the families during this difficult time," he tweeted in Portuguese. 10 dead after cliff collapses on tourist boats in Brazil originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 09, 2022 00:59 UTC