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Flooded streets in the city of Novo Hamburgo as a cyclone tore through southern Brazil killing at least 11 people and forcing thousands from their homes, according to authorities. Another 10 people are missing after the storm in Rio Grande do Sul state Thursday and Friday, reducing this figure from 20 given earlier. IMAGES
Heavy rain in southern Brazil has caused a huge landslide along the RS-446 national highway. The rivers of southern Brazil are once again in flood as rescue operations intensify and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admits that the authorities were "unprepared" for a disaster of this scale. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by the heavy rain, flooding and mudslides that have ravaged the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul for around two weeks. 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
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the country's south, where the death toll from floods caused by torrential rains has risen to 13, taking part in an emergency meeting with authorities of Rio Grande do Sul state. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34QP8HD_EN
A bus has ran off a highway in northeastern Brazil and overturned, killing at least eight people and injuring 23, according to authorities. IMAGES
People gather on the beach as a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) remains stranded alive in Morro das Pedras beach, Florianopolis, southern Brazil. The specimen, a young adult female, approximately 11 meters long, was found dead on October 2, according to local organization ProFranca Instituto Australis. IMAGES
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