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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Rescuers rush aid to Brazil flood towns; 44 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:10 PM PDT

A destroyed railroad is seen after heavy rains in Rio Largo city, in the northeastern state of Alagoas June 23, 2010. Torrents of flood water devastated towns and villages in northeastern Brazil, killing at least 42 people and leaving more than 600 missing, emergency officials said on Tuesday. Days of heavy rain in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco flooded towns, burst a river dam, and left more than 40,000 people without shelter, state officials said. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY TRANSPORT)Reuters - Rescuers in northeastern Brazil rushed to get food and water to stranded residents and searched for missing people on Wednesday after raging floods killed at least 44 people and destroyed towns.

Brazilian mayor: Floods have flattened entire town (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:07 PM PDT

In this photo released by Agencia Brasil, flood waters surround buildings in the city of Barreiros in Pernambuco state, Brazil, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Rescuers searched Wednesday for 600 people declared missing after torrential floods ripped through cities in northeastern Brazil. The death toll rose to 44 after three bodies were found overnight. (AP Photo/Antonio Cruz, Agencia Brasil)AP - Torrential waters flattened a small town as floods raged through two states in northeastern Brazil and the death toll was expected to surpass 44 as rescuers searched Wednesday for hundreds of people reported missing.

Brazil flood toll climbs amid search for hundreds of missing (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:53 PM PDT

An excavator works in an area of destruction caused by the overflowing of the Mandau river, in Branquinho, Alagoas state, northeastern Brazil. Rescue teams pressed a grim search Wednesday for hundreds of people missing in raging floods that swept through towns in northeastern Brazil, killing at least 45 people.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Rescue teams pressed a grim search Wednesday for hundreds of people missing in raging floods that swept through towns in northeastern Brazil, killing at least 45 people.

Iran must respond to nuclear concerns: Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:17 AM PDT

Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim speaks in Sofia. Sanctions may not have closed the door for talks over Iran's nuclear programme, but the ball is now in Tehran's court to allay international fears, Brazil's foreign minister said here Wednesday.(AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)AFP - Sanctions may not have closed the door for talks over Iran's nuclear programme, but the ball is now in Tehran's court to allay international fears, Brazil's foreign minister said here Wednesday.

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