BRASIL: Floods Kill 10, Send 31,000 Fleeing In Sta. Catarina, Parana And Rio Grande do Sul.

CNN
   At least 10 are reported dead with 31,000 people forced from homes in Santa Catarina, Parana and Rio Grande do Sul states after heavy rains. (2008 flooding foto)

BRASIL: 26 Dead, 21 Injured In Santa Catarina Bus/ Truck Crash.

CNN

   A passenger bus collided head-on with a lumber truck in Santa Catarina, killing at least 25 with more than 21 seriously injured.
    The accident happened near Descanso when police speculate the truck driver lost control on a curve and it slammed into the bus.

Brasil Hit by High Winds And Heavy Rains.

GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE With Several PIX/
"The past week was marked by violent storm in many Brazilian states. Seven people died in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, while four people died in a São Paulo slum after a mudslide swept into a slum last Tuesday. Thousands of people have been made homeless across the country. The photos below have been taken in different places of the country and shared under Creative Commons licenses on Flickr."

Heavy Rains Leave 19,000 Homeless In Santa Catarina, Brasil.

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Recent rains have increased the number of homeless people in Santa Catarina to some 19,000, including those hit by a wind storm that caused the deaths of four people last Monday in the town of Guaraciaba on the Argentine border.