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186K Homeless in Deadly Brazil Floods

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(Newser) – At least 19 people have been killed and close to 200,000 driven from their homes by floods and massive mudslides in northern Brazil, reports CNN. Over 1000 tons of emergency food are being delivered in six northern states as residents negotiate streets with boats amid roofs jutting from rivers of mud.

People look at the covered bodies of two flood victims in the Boca do Rio neighborhood of Salvador, Brazil, yesterday.
People look at the covered bodies of two flood victims in the Boca do Rio neighborhood of Salvador, Brazil, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Manui Dias, AGECOM)
A flood inundates Boca do Rio neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil, yesterday.
A flood inundates Boca do Rio neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Manui Dias, AGECOM)
An aerial view shows the flooded streets in Salvador, Brazil, yesterday. Floods and mudslides have killed at least 19 people and driven more than 186,000 from their homes.
An aerial view shows the flooded streets in Salvador, Brazil, yesterday. Floods and mudslides have killed at least 19 people and driven more than 186,000 from their homes.   (AP Photo/Manui Dias, AGECOM)
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 6, 09 8:17 AM CDT
Just think... if Americans had received the fiscal responsibility and committed oversight they thought they had voted for, we could easily have an abundance of funds to help the millions of our suffering neighbors; not to mention our own poor, elderly and sick. Reply
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