This is the harrowing infinitesimal an influencer and her hubby were swept distant successful raging floods, minutes aft making a haunting last societal media post.
Jeniffer Soares Martins, who had 81,000 followers connected Instagram, was seen clinging to a car with her hubby Wallion Lima arsenic h2o rushed past her pursuing dense rains that hit Uberlândia, southbound of Brasilia, successful Brazil in the aboriginal hours of November 24.
That night, 55mm of rainfall fell successful conscionable 30 minutes, starring to terrible floods successful the metropolis of implicit 700,000.
Video footage taken from the metropolis astatine astir 1am showed the 28-year-old influencer grabbing a metallic car arsenic waist-deep h2o rushes astir her. The pistillate taking the video tin beryllium heard screaming astatine the mates arsenic the h2o rises.
Separate CCTV footage showed radical wrong a adjacent location effort to prevention the mates by pushing a gangly ladder out.
But it extended conscionable a fewer feet earlier the couple, meaning they couldn't scope it without risking being swept away.
The tragic mates were yet taken by the flood anyway. A 3rd clip showed country the mates were stood successful empty, with the h2o importantly higher than successful erstwhile footage.
Moments earlier the flood, Martins shared videos of her listening to music with the caption: 'I'm going to beryllium young again.'
Jeniffer Soares Martins (pictured) had 81,000 followers connected Instagram, and posted about fashion, manner and makeup
She was swept distant with her husband Wallion Lima (pictured, left) successful the floods
Video footage taken from the metropolis astatine astir 1am showed the 28-year-old influencer grabbing a metallic car arsenic waist-deep h2o rushes astir her and her husband
She was known for posting contented astir fashion, manner and makeup.
After Soares was swept away, her hubby recovered her unconscious and tried to resuscitate her with the assistance of firefighters connected the scene.
She was reportedly dragged on the flooded thoroughfare for astir 1,000ft.
Her assemblage was located astatine astir 1.25am.
The influencer died from drowning and aggregate trauma.
She was the archetypal unfortunate of the tempest successful the area. Her ceremonial took spot astatine Bom Pastor Cemetery successful Uberlândia astatine 5pm connected the time she tragically passed away.
One comparative said: 'She was overmuch much than an influencer, she was a ray of light, and large amusive astatine household and societal gatherings.
'Her emotion, joyousness and camaraderie were capable to crook immoderate infinitesimal into thing special.'
City politician Odelmo Leão said: 'I basal successful solidarity with the household and friends of young Jhei Soares, who unluckily mislaid her beingness aboriginal this Sunday owed to the effects of dense rains connected Avenida Rondón Pacheco.'