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Lexi lover ( talk) 14:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC) People obviously have no information for this event! Not an updated article! Lexi lover ( talk) 14:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, I was wondering if the April 2010 and the January 2010 mudslide articles be merged, and then continued to be edited from there. I plan to add at least 300 more words to get this article updated. How do I make a suggestion to merge this? Castil18 ( talk) 19:36, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother, but I have another question about this article. Ive looked at various new articles about this phenomena, includding the ones listed in the references. The death count ranges from 94 to about 250. How am I able to provide an accurate number given this problem? Thanks. Castil18 ( talk) 23:29, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
""The first edit I am going to make deals with finding out an accurate estimate to how many deaths there were. The number of deaths currently in the article is 212, but in the info box it says at least 249. I looked at the three references used, but one of them said that the number of deaths was 184 while another said 246. I have to figure out how to include the deaths from 180 mudslides. The references I will be using for this part are the articles from Barrionuevo and BBC News (Fresh Brazil Landslide) found on my work cited page. I also want to type a few more sentences to add on to what happened days after the storm. The source I will use will be the article from The Gaurdian. One last thing I want to do before adding new sections is to brief update on Rio de Janeiro getting yet another major mudslide in January 2011 with Brasileiro’s article. After dealing with those edits, I want to create a new section, “Governmental Reaction”
Governmental Reaction “During this storm, “14,000 people were forced to leave their homes and seek refuge with relatives or at shelters.” Over 180 mudslides occurred that Tuesday. (Azul) On April 13, United Press International reported on shortages of drinking water. Also, city authorites initially were not able to say when power, gas, and water supplies were going to come back on, which made the residents start complaining of the slow relief. They also blame on decades of negligence for this disaster, since Rio de Janiero has the highest proportion of people living in poverty. However, although there were many complaints, the storm itself was not “extraordinary”. Rain and mudslides were common during the month of April. The President declared that “once the storm has completely receded, a new drainage system would be built.” He also said that it would not affect the 2016 Olympics, since the projects involving the Olympics would take six years to complete (Azul).”
Castil18 ( talk) 04:48, 20 April 2014 (UTC)