Disasters · Rio Dourado capsizeLins Rio Dourado boats overturn: Fisherman found dead, five survivorsWritten November 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Two boats overturned on the Rio Dorado, leaving a fisherman dead.0:10Five other people escaped safely.0:12Firefighters found the missing man's body the following morning, ending an overnight0:15search.0:16What caused both boats to overturn is still unclear.0:19The boats overturned near Posada dascar as in Linz, in Brazil's S.0:23Opalo State.0:24Both were small vessels.0:26The accident happened during a storm on Saturday evening, November7 th.0:30The fisherman was about fifty years old.0:32He disappeared beneath the water after the boats overturned, and his body was0:35recovered Sunday morning.0:37The other passengers were safely out of the river.0:39Firefighters were called around seven twenty two that evening.0:42That marks the emergency call.0:44The boat's exact capsized time hasn't been pinned down.0:46Firefighters sent motorboats and specialist divers into the nighttime search.0:50Their teams searched the river for the missing man while the other passengers had0:54already reached safety.0:55Civil defense also took part in the response.1:02Crews suspended the search in the early hours of Sunday.1:05They returned to the river that morning and located the body.1:08The discovery changed the outcome from a search for a missing passenger to a1:11confirmed death.1:12The passenger total also changed as more details emerged.1:16Five survivors reportedly swam to the bank and received firefighters' help.1:19Earlier figures had counted one fewer person across the two boats.1:23Early figures put five people aboard with four safe and one missing.1:26Later figures put six aboard with five safe and one dead.1:30Nobody has explained the extra person in the revised count.1:33The storm also damaged communities elsewhere in the region.1:35In Arenos, a road crater about five meters deep prompted the municipal guard to1:40close the street to vehicles and pedestrians.1:42Municipal crews were called to assess the damage and begin repairs.1:45Boris winds brought down trees, damaged the military history museum, and cut power1:49to neighborhoods.1:50A house lost its roof, displacing four people.1:53Municipal assistance workers arranged a hotel for the family.1:56In S.1:57O.1:57Manuel, winds stripped a home's roof and brought down branches and trees.2:00A fallen tree blocked the Marischal Rundan Highway before the road operator removed2:04it and reopened traffic.2:05Mar Leah recorded roof damage and fallen trees in at least six neighborhoods.2:09In Tisiba.2:10Eight rural homes suffered partial roof damage.2:12The storm also brought down an urban wall and damaged the roof of the Joe's Cardoso2:16de Pidua exhibition grounds.2:17In Batu Katu, civil defense removed fallen trunks and preventively cut down a large2:22tree, threatening a house.2:23Crews in Mar, Leah cleared streets and inspected damaged homes.2:27Firefighters and civil defense suspect severe weather caused the river accident.2:31The damage elsewhere shows the storm's wider reach, but doesn't settle exactly how2:35the two boats overturned.2:36The physical cause remains unconfirmed.2:38The search ended Sunday morning with the fisherman's body recovered and five2:42survivors safe.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
