At least 39 dead as cyclone hits Brazil's southernmost state

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RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 39 people have died and nine remain missing after a cyclone battered Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul, flooding homes and swelling rivers, local authorities said on Thursday (Sep 7). All those not yet accounted for are from the small town of Mucum, one of the hardest h

RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 39 people have died and nine remain missing after a cyclone battered Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul, flooding homes and swelling rivers, local authorities said on Thursday .

"We've mobilised to rescue the victims and rebuild everything that was destroyed by the storm," Leite wrote on social media network X. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who will travel to India for the G20 summit later in the day, said the federal government would fully support the region and put Vice President Geraldo Alckmin"on standby" to travel there.

 

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