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Heavy rains in Southern Brazil leave hundreds homeless in state of Rio Grande do Sul
Heavy rains in Southern Brazil have caused landslides that killed 12 people this weekend, the BBC reports. In Brazil’s southern-most state, Rio Grande do Sul, officials have declared a state of emergency for seven cities. Some 40,000 people have been affected by the rains and hundreds have been left homeless.