Recent Developments about the Floods in Brazil

Deaths from Brazil’s flood approach 600 and continue to rise
BY SAMANTHA LIM – JANUARY 15, 2011
POSTED IN: UCLA's La Gente Newspaper


A massive flood swept Brazil’s Serrana region, about 100 miles north of Rio, last Wednesday leaving almost 600 dead, with the death-toll still growing, according to a Reuter’s report. Rescuers are still looking for missing persons while refrigerated trucks hold dozens of bodies yet to be identified. President Dilma Rousseff has declared three days of national mourning