Death toll from Brazil waterfall rock face collapse rises to 10

Relatives of victims who died after a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in Capitolio reacts at the Medico-Legal Institute in Passos, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Washington Alves

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Ten people died in the dramatic collapse of a canyon rock face on top of motor boats visiting a waterfall in southeastern Brazil, rescuers said on Sunday.

A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall on Saturday and came crashing down, crushing one of the leisure boats at Capitolio in Minas Gerais state. Shocking video images circulated on social media.