Floods, landslides kill dozens in Brazil

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 21, 2023 1:15 am

SAO PAULO, Brazil: Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Brazil claimed at least 36 lives on Carnival weekend in southeastern Sao Paulo state, authorities said on Sunday.

Television and social media footage from the town of Sao Sebastiao showed entire neighborhoods under water, debris from hillside houses swept away by oozing earth, flooded highways and cars destroyed by fallen trees, among other damage.

PARTY POOPER Damage caused by heavy rains is seen in the municipality of Sao Sebastiao, on the northern coast of Sao Paulo state, southeastern Brazil, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. SAO SEBASTIAO TOWN HALL HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP

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