After 24 hours was rescued Brazil floods horse stranded on roof death toll rises to 107 people

Animal dubbed ‘Caramelo’ was trapped for days, balancing on two strips of slippery asbestos after flooding hit the Porto Alegre area
Emergency workers have rescued a horse that had been trapped for days on a rooftop after severe floods in southern Brazil, as the death toll from the disaster rose to 107 people.

The animal, dubbed Caramelo on social media, had been balancing on two narrow strips of slippery asbestos in Canoas, a city in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area that is one of the hardest-hit areas in the state, much of which has been isolated by floodwaters.

Plane on water with city landscape in the back.
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On Thursday, rescuers successfully transferred the horse into a Zodiac inflatable boat to take it to safety, providing a rare dose of hope to a beleaguered region.

At least 136 people are still missing and more than 165,000 have been displaced from flooded homes and rescued by boats and helicopters.