Floods in southern Brazil kill 57, force 70,000 from homes
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Porto Alegre, Brazil (AFP) May 5, 2024
Raging floods and mudslides have killed at least 57 people in southern Brazil and forced nearly 70,000 to flee their homes, the country's civil defense agency said on Saturday. At least 74 people were injured and another 67 missing from the catastrophic flooding, civil defense said. The toll did not include two people who died in an explosion at a flooded gas station in Porto Alegre, wit