2009年5月20日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil floods leave 45 dead, 378,000 homeless (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 08:39 PM PDT

Locals do their laundry in the flooded streets of Trizidela do Vale, a small town on the banks of the Mearin river in northern Brazil. Severe flooding over the last month brought on by torrential rains has killed 45 people across northern Brazil and forced some 378,000 others to evacuate their homes, mainly to emergency shelters, officials said.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Severe flooding over the last month brought on by torrential rains has killed 45 people across northern Brazil and forced some 378,000 others to evacuate their homes, mainly to emergency shelters, officials said.


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