Wall of Rock Falls on Boaters on Brazilian Lake, Killing 6

Wall of Rock Falls on Boaters on Brazilian Lake, Killing 6
A tourist boat navigates through a canyon in Furnas Lake, near Capitolio City in Brazil on Sept. 2, 2021. Andre Penner/AP Photo
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BRASILIA, Brazil—A towering slab of rock broke from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall on a Brazilian lake and officials said at least six people died.

Edgard Estevo, commander of the Minas Gerais State Fire Department, said at a news conference that in addition to the dead as many as 20 people might be missing and officials were seeking to identify them after the accident Saturday.