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Brazil flood death toll rises to 224: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 09:15 AM PDT

A woman relaxes near a pool as volunteers organizes donations bags after a landslide which affected about 60 houses at the Morro do Bumba slum in Niteroi near Rio de Janeiro April 11, 2010. Authorities reported on Friday up to 212 people had died after the rains -- the worst in decades -- triggered mudslides and flooding that devastated poor hillside communities and left thousands homeless in and around Brazil's second-biggest city. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)Reuters - The death toll from mudslides and flooding in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state has risen to 224, its fire department said on Sunday, about a week after heavy rains began pounding the coastal region.

Brazil searches for answers as flood toll climbs (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:59 PM PDT

Workers with heavy machinery clear mud left by a landslide at Vicoso Jardim shantytown in Niteroi, a city 25 kms from Rio de Janiero. Brazilian rescuers have been racing against time amid fading hopes of finding survivors of the huge mudslide, with over 400 people now feared dead.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Rescuers have been racing against time amid fading hopes of finding survivors of a huge mudslide, with over 400 people now feared dead in some of the worst flooding to swamp Brazil in decades.

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