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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8 (EFE).- The coronavirus is advancing at galloping speed in Rio de Janeiro, where hospitals are collapsing with hundreds of patients awaiting care.Emergency units are at full capacity and the economic crisis the iconic Brazilian city has witnessed for years has taken a dark turn amid the pandemic.Despite the city facing a critical stage in its fight against the virus, Rio’s Mayor said it had only implemented 46 percent of contingency plans.(Camera: DHAVID MIRANDA/ANTONIO LACERDA. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
Cars destroyed by floods are stuck along the roads in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, after heavy rains flooded the area in recent days. River levels are rising again as strong rains continue in southern Brazil, where flooding has already killed more than 140 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. IMAGES
People use boats to navigate through Porto Alegre after unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the Brazilian metropolis into rivers. By Sunday, floods had killed at least 78 people in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul with dozens missing and some 115,000 forced to leave their homes. IMAGES
People navigate in boats through the flooded streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, as floods and mudslides have killed at least 66 and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes, according to authorities. IMAGES
Images of monster floods and waterlogged streets in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Floods have devastated the state of Rio Grande do Sul, of which Porto Alegre is the capital, leaving at least 60 people dead and 70,000 evacuees. IMAGES
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