April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides

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Heavy rains, flooding hit Brazil

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More than five hundred people have been killed by flooding and mudslides in southeastern Brazil. Authorities have sent nearly a thousand rescue workers to the region. The floods have affected poorer rural residents, who live in houses built in risky areas. BBC Brazil correspondent, Paulo Cabral, reports from Brazil on the flooding and the dramatic […]

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Torrential rains bring death and destruction to Rio de Janeiro

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