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Brazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills at least 78

Heavy rains in Brazil triggered mudslides and floods in multiple cities. [AFP]

Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest-ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their homes.

Entire cities were underwater, with thousands of people cut off from the world by the floodwater, brought by days of torrential rains.

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