Nearly 50 Dead, Thousands Displaced as Storms Lash Southeast of Brazil

Locals work to clean up mud and debris around houses destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains in the Vila Ideal neighbourhood, Ibirite municipality, Minas Gerias state, Brazil, on Jan. 25, 2020. Alexandre Mota-Futura Press/ AP Photo

At least 46 people have died in Brazil and more than 25,000 have been displaced due to widespread flooding following storms and heavy rains that have swept across the southeast of the country, authorities said on Jan. 26.

Most of the casualties were in the state of Minas Gerais, including the capital Belo Horizonte, which had its heaviest rainfall over a 24-hour period leading to Friday since records began 110 years ago, O Globo newspaper reported.