Brazil Rain Fury

Brazilian officials put Sao Paulo on alert on Wednesday as heavy rains hit the metropolis.In Rio state, meanwhile, deaths from last week's mudslides rose to 727.Rains falling in Sao Paulo flooded major highways, a day after downpours stranded motorists, forcing them to be rescued by helicopter from atop their vehicles.One woman died when her house ...

The power was out, but lightning flashes illuminated the horror as villagers watched neighbors' homes vanish under a wall of mud and water, turning neighborhoods into graveyards. Survivors dug at the earth barehanded on Thursday, but all they found were bodies.It was a scene of muddy destruction in mountain towns north of Rio, where at least 476 pe...

Brazilian officials put Sao Paulo on alert on Wednesday as heavy rains hit the metropolis.In Rio state, meanwhile, deaths from last week's mudslides rose to 727.Rains falling in Sao Paulo flooded major highways, a day after downpours stranded motorists, forcing them to be rescued by helicopter from atop their vehicles.One woman died when her house ...

The power was out, but lightning flashes illuminated the horror as villagers watched neighbors' homes vanish under a wall of mud and water, turning neighborhoods into graveyards. Survivors dug at the earth barehanded on Thursday, but all they found were bodies.It was a scene of muddy destruction in mountain towns north of Rio, where at least 476 pe...