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Hopes are fading for the survival of about 150 people trapped under the mud and rubble of two landslides in Sri Lanka, where torrential rains have forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Mana Rabiee reports.
As Chileans evacuate the region devastated by deadly floods and mudslides, search and rescue workers step up operations. Vanessa Johnston reports.
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
The death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warns. "The death toll is huge, it might reach thousands," says Tamer Ramadan of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told reporters in Geneva via video link from Tunis. SOUNDBITE
Floodwaters cover a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost region, where the death toll of an extratropical cyclone has risen to 27. IMAGES
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