Brazil's Bolsonaro says Petropolis mudslide destruction looks like war zone

FILE PHOTO: Relatives and friends react as a coffin is lowered during the burial of Debora Listenberg, 22 and her kids Heloise, 2 and Gustavo, 5 after pouring rains caused flooding in Petropolis, Brazil February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo

PETROPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that the destruction in the mudslide disaster that killed at least 123 people in Petropolis looked like the mountain city had been hit by a war.

"I saw intense destruction. It looked almost like there had been a war," Bolsonaro said after flying over the disaster in the town located in the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro that was hit by torrential rainfall.