Brazil: At Least 60K Homeless, 14 Dead From Floods

SAO PAULO - Officials say floods and mudslides from heavy rains in northeastern Brazil have killed at least 14 people in the last month and driven tens of thousands from their homes. Regional Civil Defense

Monday, May 4th 2009, 10:26 am

By: News On 6


SAO PAULO - Officials say floods and mudslides from heavy rains in northeastern Brazil have killed at least 14 people in the last month and driven tens of thousands from their homes.

Regional Civil Defense departments report that at least 62,600 people are homeless in five northeastern states.

Maranhao has been the hardest hit, with some 40,700 people living in shelters and six dead.

State Civil Defense official Abner Ferreira said Saturday that meteorologists forecast at least two more weeks of heavy downpours

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