In southern Brazil, at least 78 people have died from major flooding after days of torrential downpours. Over 100 are still missing and tens of thousands have been displaced in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where a hydroelectric dam collapsed and a lake broke its bank. This is a flood survivor who works at a local health center.

bq. Flood victim: “Everything is lost. There is nothing complete. I have been working here in this health unit for 23 years.”

STORY: Dozens have died in the heavy rains that have wreaked havoc on Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul... with scores more unaccounted for. That's according to local authorities speaking on Saturday. Storms have affected hundreds of cities in the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina. More than 32,000 people have been displaced, according to the state's civil defense authority. The storms have triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam of at a small hydroelectric power plant, with authorities saying a second dam is also at...

The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil has climbed to 56 people, the country's civil defense agency said Saturday.

Rising water levels in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were straining dams and threatening the metropolis of Porto Alegre, where authorities were scrambling to evacuate some neighborhoods that had been submerged.

• Heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state have resulted in 31 confirmed deaths, with the toll expected to rise. • More than 70 people remain missing, and approximately 17,000 have been displaced. • The state's civil defense reported that nearly half of its 497 cities have been affected. Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 31 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have not been accounted for. More than 70...

At least 29 people have been killed and a further 60 are missing as heavy rain and flooding hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul this week. The local government has declared a state of calamity in areas where more than 67,000 people in nearly 150 municipalities are impacted. Almost 10,000 have been displaced and more than 4,500 are in temporary shelters, the civil defense said. Authorities are closely monitoring dams that are not designed to handle such a high volume of water but said there is no...