A total of 39 people have died and 68 are still missing.
Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defence agency said on Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes.
The agency said that in some cities, water levels were at their highest since records began nearly 150 years ago.On Thursday, a dam at a hydroelectric plant between the cities of Bento Goncalves and Cotipora partially collapsed, and entire cities in the Taquari River valley, like Lajeado and Estrela, were overtaken entirely by water.
Without internet, telephone service or electricity, residents struggled to provide updates or information to their relatives living in other states.
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