Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil's north Sao Paulo state, officials said. Impacted cities canceled their Carnival festivities as rescue teams struggled to find missing, injured and feared dead in the rubble.
SAO PAULO — Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state, officials said Sunday, and the fatalities could rise.
The cities of Sao Sebastiao, Ubatuba, Ilhabela and Bertioga, some of the hardest hit and now under state of calamity, canceled their Carnival festivities as rescue teams struggle to find missing, injured and feared dead in the rubble.
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