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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil rises to 57

Hundreds of cities across Rio Grande so Sul hit by floods with 32,000 people displaced and infrastructure destroyed

The death toll from rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 57, local authorities said on Saturday afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for.

The state’s civil defence authority said 67 people were still missing and more than 32,000 had been displaced as storms affected nearly two-thirds of the 497 cities in the state.

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