
CNN
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More heavy rain is expected to pummel Brazil, as the South American nation grapples with the deadly fallout of last week’s extreme weather, which submerged whole neighborhoods.
The heavy rains and floods have killed at least 107 people in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul since last week, the state’s civil defense agency said Thursday morning.
Some 1,476,000 people have been affected, according to the civil defense, with at least 754 people left injured and about 164,00 displaced. At least 134 people are still missing.
The catastrophic floods have been accompanied by social upheaval,…