Rescue effort continues as death toll in Brazil floods climbs to 78

Le Monde

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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and key cabinet members arrived Sunday in the country’s south where record-breaking floods have shut down a main airport and submerged neighborhoods, leaving dozens dead and many others missing.
The Gazette
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Rains have struck heavily the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul causing damages in the infrastructure and displacing more than 115,000 people.
CNBC
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Another 155 people have been injured with 103 still missing, while 107,600 people have been evacuated to safety in 334 of the state's 496 cities.
XinhuaNet
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Entire cities were underwater, with thousands of people cut off from the world by the floodwater, brought by days of torrential rains.
The Manila Times

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