(CNN) At least 14 people were killed, including seven children, after days of heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, the State Civil Defense told CNN Saturday. Officials told affiliate CNN Brazil on Saturday that a landslide in the town of Paraty killed at least eight people -- a father and seven of his children -- ages 2 to 17. A seventh child was rescued and transported to a hospital, municipal officials told the affiliate. At least four other people were injured -- none seriously -- after seven houses were hit by landslides in the coastal community of Ponta Negra, according to officials in Paraty. In the municipality of Mesquita, a 38-year-old man was electrocuted to death after three days of heavy rainfall, CNN Brazil reported.

Source: CNN April 02, 2022 22:02 UTC