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Brazil flood deaths rise to 400; rescuers struggle
Updated: 2011-01-14 07:20
(Agencies)
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 A resident whose home were destroyed in a landslide rests in a shelter in Teresopolis Jan 13, 2011. The death toll from the devastated mountainous region near the city of Rio de Janeiro was expected to rise as rescuers reached the more remote areas. Heavy rains earlier in the week killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state, bringing the total number of deaths in southern Brazil to at least 375. [Photo/Agencies]
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 Residents whose homes were destroyed in a landslide rest in a shelter in Teresopolis Jan 13, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
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