Caramelo, Brazilian horse stranded on roof by floods, is rescued

A Brazilian horse nicknamed Caramelo by social media users who garnered national attention after a television news helicopter filmed him stranded on a rooftop in southern Brazil has been rescued.

About 24 hours after he was first spotted and with people calling for his rescue, a team in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Thursday successfully removed Caramelo, providing a dose of hope to a beleaguered region.