Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises with many still missing
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Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises to 78, many still missing
The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced
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Brazil floods death toll rises to 78, dozens remain missing
The death toll from a series of catastrophic floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 78, according to an announcement from the state’s Civil Defense Unit on Sunday. A further 175 people are reportedly injured and at least 105 people are missing. The flooding has affected 844,673 people across 341 municipalities and 115,844 people have been displaced. CNN spoke to local residents and evacuees who reported seeing dead bodies still in the flood water, likely not yet...
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Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced
At least 361 injured and 131 missing in southern part of country from what governor called his state’s ‘biggest climate catastrophe’The death toll from what authorities call the worst climate disaster ever to strike southern Brazil has risen to 90, after ferocious rain flooded huge stretches of Rio Grande do Sul state, displacing more than 155,000 people and forcing the closure of the main airport in the country’s fifth biggest city.Photographs of the Porto Alegre airport, one of Brazil’s...