Death toll from south Brazil floods rises to 78

By Agence France-Presse

May 07, 2024 12:03 am

(UPDATE) PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil: Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled on Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their homes.

Entire cities were underwater, with thousands of people cut off from the world by the floodwater, brought by days of torrential rains.

CLOGGED CITY An aerial view of the flooded city of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil on Sunday, May 5, 2024. PHOTO FROM THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENCY VIA AFP

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