An excavator at work in the area of a landslide in Vitoria, Espirito Santo state in Brazil on Thursday (Friday in Manila).From the 78 municipalities in the state, more than 50 have been affected by rains that killed 27 and left some 60,000 homeless. AFP PHOTO
BRASILIA: At least 44 people have died and more than 60,000 have been left homeless following torrential rain in southeast Brazil over the past few weeks, officials said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).