‘Lost everything’: Brazil floods kill 66, 101 missing, over 80,000 flee
Over one million people have no access to drinking water and fast-rising water levels are straining dams, while rescuers face a huge task with entire towns inaccessible.
- Fast-rising water levels in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul were straining dams and also threatening the economically important Porto Alegre, a city of 1.4 million
- Governor Eduardo Leite said his state – normally one of Brazil’s most prosperous – would need a ‘Marshall Plan’ of heavy investment to rebuild