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More than 500 dead in Brazil's worst flood disasterTeresopolis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 14, 2011 Brazil is suffering its worst-ever flood disaster after mudslides near Rio de Janeiro this week killed more than 500 people, media compiling the deaths said Friday. Municipal officials in the Serrana region just north of Rio said at least 506 people were killed, surpassing the 437 killed in a 1967 mudslide tragedy that had been previously considered Brazil's biggest disaster. More bodies were expected to turn up as rescuers finally reached villages cut off because of destroyed roads and bridges ... read more |
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Hundreds hospitalised in Vietnam cold snap Hundreds of children and old people have been hospitalised and thousands of animals killed in a cold snap in north Vietnam, media and officials said Thursday, as temperatures fell to 36-year lows. ... more | .. |
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