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Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil

   VOA News 06 January 2011

   Authorities  in  Brazil say four people from the same family have died
   in a mudslide in Sao Paulo state.
   Officials  say  the  four,  including  two girls, died when a mudslide
   triggered by heavy rains caused their house to collapse.
   The incident occurred in the city of Jundiai.
   The  neighboring  state  of  Minas  Gerais  has been hit hard by heavy
   flooding and mudslides. More than 13,000 people there have been forced
   to leave their homes.

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