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Deadly New Year Swell Hits Rio as 631 Are Rescued and Missing Teen Is Found Dead

Authorities warned that waves up to 2.5 meters made swimming unsafe.

Tragedia: encontraron el cuerpo del adolescente que desapareció tras ser arrastrado por el mar. (Gentileza)
Dos personas muertas y tres heridos en la playa Chacra y Mar, en Huaral.
Tragedia de Año Nuevo: dos jóvenes mueren por ahogamiento en la playa Chacra y Mar de Huaral
Rescatan a jóvenes a punto de ahogarse en playa de Barranca: "Se escuchaban gritos de socorro"

Overview

  • Rio’s fire department said it conducted 631 rescues across Copacabana and Leme between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
  • The body of teenager Fabio William Macedo Flores, swept away at Copacabana while on an inflatable with his father, was found in Lagoa de Cima, according to firefighters.
  • Search operations focused near Posto 2 and deployed aircraft, drones, jet skis, dive teams and inflatable boats.
  • The powerful surf also hit Ipanema, where a man was rescued in severe condition, and waves reached one of the New Year’s event stages on the beach.
  • In Peru on Jan. 1, two men drowned at Chacra y Mar in Huaral and bystanders pulled two youths from the water in Barranca, with witnesses denouncing a lack of lifeguards.