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Military brigades and fire fighters rescue a family from the top of a flooded house after heavy rains hit the Taquari valley in southern Brazil. At least six people died, according to the governor of Rio Grande do Sul state, Eduardo Leite. 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
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
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
Thousands of Sao Paulo residents suffer a third day of power outages due to rain and wind storms, which have hit Latin America's largest metropolis since last Monday. IMAGES
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