Death Toll From Brazil Floods at Least 91, With Dozens Lost

Firefighters carry a body recovered from a landslide triggered by heavy rain in the Jardim Monte Verde neighborhood of Recife in Pernambuco state, Brazil, on May 29, 2022. Joao Carlos Mazella/AP Photo

Authorities in northeastern Brazil’s Pernambuco state said Monday that 91 deaths have been confirmed from flooding over the weekend, with more than two dozen people still missing.

Hundreds of state and federal rescue workers were searching for 26 people currently unaccounted for, according to the official statement.