Floods in north eastern brazil kill at least 46 people and left more than 1000 missing, said the officials, while firefighters told the media that the entire town was being wiped off of the world map.
Death toll were predicted to increase due to heavy rain. More than 150,000 people were left without a home or forced to evacuate, while some towns lost their power supply due to violent torrents that made bridges and railway lines collapsed.
A woman told Globonews televison: " It destroyed our city. It destroyed everything." Around 11,000 houses and 79 bridges were either destroyed or damaged.
The government prepared 500 million reais(US$277 million ) to assist in the operation and to help the victims.The rain started last week and has stopped. Repairations and reconstructions is beginning.
Done by: ZongHan
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