Record rainstorms in Brazil claim 11 lives: Officials

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At least 11 people have been killed by storms in southeastern Brazil, the same region where a dam collapse one year ago killed 270 people, ...

BRASILIA: At least 11 people have been killed by storms in southeastern Brazil, the same region where a dam collapse one year ago killed 270 people, firefighters said on Saturday .

Two days of torrential rain in Minas Gerais state have also left seven people injured, 16 missing and more than 2,500 homeless following a series of landslides and house collapses, Civil Defense officials said.Rainfall in the region has been the heaviest since records were first kept 110 years ago, the National Institute of Meteorology said. In one 24-hour period, state capital Belo Horizonte recorded 172 millimetres of rain.

 

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