Brazil
At least 20,000 people were rendered homeless when heavy flooding devastated towns and cities in southern Brazil. Civil defence officials said that the situation was worst in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the Uruguay river broke its banks and submerged the homes of about 15,000 people. "The Uruguay river has reached the centre of Itaqu, where the waters were 13.19 metres above normal,' officials said.
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