2008年11月26日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

84 killed, 54,000 evacuated in Brazil flooding (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 05:47 PM CST

Rio de Janeiro's famous landmark, the Sugar Loaf, is seen through heavy clouds in 2007. At least 84 people have been killed and more than 54,000 forced to flee by flooding from heavy rain that has pounded southern Brazil for nearly two months, regional Civil Defense officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain pounding southern Brazil for nearly two months have killed at least 84 people and forced more than 54,000 to flee, regional Civil Defense officials said Tuesday.

Christmas tree falls, killing 4 in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 10:09 AM CST

AP - Police say four men were killed when a huge Christmas tree they were erecting fell on top of them.

Brazil flood death toll rises to 65, 17 missing (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 07:07 AM CST

Residents ride a boat along a flooded street in Blumenau, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Nearly 20,000 people have been forced from their homes, and access was cut off to four towns where residents have no electricity due to heavy rains. The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern Brazil has increased to 33, state media said Monday. (AP Photo/Gilmar de Souza/Agencia RBS)AP - The death toll from rain-spawned floods and mudslides in southern Brazil has risen to 65 people, with 17 still missing, civil defense authorities said Tuesday.

Brazil floods kill at least 59, uproot thousands (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:26 PM CST

Reuters - Rescue workers rushed to help stricken residents in southern Brazil on Monday after landslides and floods caused by heavy rain killed at least 59 people and forced more than 43,000 from their homes.

Brazil mob attacks environmental police in Amazon (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:13 PM CST

AP - A mob of about 3,000 people enraged by a crackdown on illegal logging trashed a government office in a remote jungle city and tried to attack environmental workers, authorities said Monday.

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