Floods kill 23 in Brazil

BRAZIL: Floods following days of heavy rain killed at least 23 people in northeast Brazil, according to figures Sunday from state officials and local press reports.

In the northeastern state of Pernambuco, civil defense authorities told AFP 10 deaths had been registered, while over 14,000 people were left homeless by the flooding.

In neighboring Alagoas state, 13 people were killed by the flooding according to local media reports, although civil defense officials were unable to immediately confirm the deaths to AFP. Some 15,500 people lost their homes in the flooding in the state.

AFP