Brazil Floods Death Toll Reaches 78, At Least 100 Still Missing

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Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their homes.
Hürriyet Daily News
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At least 57 deaths have been reported and 24,000 people have been displaced, alongside an estimated 500,000 who are without power and clean water.
Guardian
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In the state capital's Sarandi neighborhood, firefighters first evacuated people who had found refuge on the roofs of apartment buildings, then went in for those on the higher floors inside.
CBS News
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Even in a country increasingly inured to natural disasters driven by climate change, the flooding that has slammed into Rio Grande do Sul, one of Brazil’s most prosperous states, has badly shaken this nation of 215 million.
The Washington Post

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