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Brazil floods and landslides kill dozens after record rainfall
Record February rainfall in Minas Gerais led to flooding and 20 landslides, displacing over 400 people and causing at least 30 deaths, officials reported.
- At least 20 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains caused floods and landslides in southeastern Brazil's Minas Gerais state.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent condolences to victims' families and declared a "state of calamity" in the city of Juiz de Fora.
- Around 440 people have been displaced in Juiz de Fora, with officials providing shelter and requesting donations of supplies.
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Hope fades in search for missing after Brazil rains kill 40
Despair hung over two cities in southeastern Brazil on Wednesday as rescuers and residents searched for 27 people missing after torrential rains unleashed flooding and landslides that killed at least 40.
·Cherokee County, United States
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The hope of finding survivors was diminished. First aid workers and residents were desperately looking for 33 people who were still missing after the torrential rains that caused 36
Tens of people were buried in various lands in the cities of Juiz de Fora and Ubá. The authorities work in rescue operations on a day when more rain is expected.
·Portugal
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Heavy rains, floods and landslides: The effects of a storm in the southeast of Brazil are devastating. Numerous people were killed.
·Bonn, Germany
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Leaning Left29Leaning Right28Center35Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Center
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