At least five people were killed and 32 were injured after a boulder collapsed and fell on three boats in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Saturday, Brazilian state media Agência Brasil reported.
About 32 people were also injured after the boulder fell on the boats and 20 people remain missing, Brazilian state media Agência Brasil reported.Nine people were taken to nearby hospitals while authorities investigate the incident.The rock was loosened at Furnas Lake in Capitólio due to heavy rains, according to Romeu Zema, the governor of Minas Gerais, a landlocked state in southeastern Brazil.
"Read MoreA video that was posted on social media showed tourists on other boats in the Furnas Lake shouting"get out of there" right before the rock fell.Col. Edgard Estevo, commander of the Minas Gerais Fire Department, said during a press conference that the searches for the missing persons would continue, but the divers would stop their search during the night for their safety.