More than 100 people still missing.
Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said on Sunday.
Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. More than 800,000 people are without a water supply, according to the civil defence agency, which cited figures from water company Corsan. The Guaiba river reached a record level of 17.5ft on Sunday at 8am local time, surpassing levels seen during a historic 1941 deluge, when the river reached 15.6ft.
The downpour started on Monday. In some areas, such as valleys, mountain slopes and cities, more than 11.8in of rain fell in less than a week, according to Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology, known by the Portuguese acronym INMET, on Thursday.
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