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Floods in southern Brazil kill 57, force 70,000 from homes

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South America's largest country has suffered a string of recent extreme weather events. [AFP]

Raging floods and mudslides have killed at least 57 people in southern Brazil and forced nearly 70,000 to flee their homes, the country's civil defense agency said on Saturday.

At least 74 people were injured and another 67 missing from the catastrophic flooding, civil defense said.

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