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• Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing

  05-05-2024 18:50
  
  Officials in Rio Grande do Sul state say more than 80,000 have been displaced by record water levelsSeventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday.The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking floods swept across the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina.
  
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• Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 66 as over 100 people remain missing

  05-05-2024 18:11
  
  Officials in Rio Grande do Sul state say more than 80,000 have been displaced by record water levelsSixty-six people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday.The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking floods swept across the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina. Con
  
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• Free Madonna concert draws crowd of 1.6m to Brazil’s Copacabana beach

  05-05-2024 10:33
  
  Area around Rio de Janeiro beach filled for several blocks as singer closes her Celebration world tourMore than a million people have thronged Brazil’s Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert, braving the heat to see the end of her Celebration world tour.The sand and oceanfront boulevard around Rio de Janeiro’s famed beach were filled for several blocks on Saturday night by a crowd the city estimated at 1.6 million. Continue reading...
  
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