Rescuers race to find trapped people as Brazil storms kill at least 20

Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least 20 people.

At least eight people have been killed in the neighboring state of Rio de Janeiro, officials said, most of them caused by landslides. Such environmental tragedies “are intensifying with climate change,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding that thousands had been left homeless by the storm.

In Mimoso do Sul, a fire truck was seen being dragged down a street by currents, while images released Saturday by the state fire department showed entire neighborhoods under water, with only the roofs of houses visible. With the continuous increase in the price of bread, many residents of the Federal Capital Territory say they are struggling to keep up with the cost of the staple food. The residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, pleaded for the government’s intervention. They expressed concern that…

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