Deadly floods in Brazil

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A man carries his dog over water in Itapetinga, Bahia state, Brazil on Monday, December 27, 2021. Two dams burst on Sunday in northeastern Brazil, threatening severe flooding in a very rainy, where thousands of people have already been forced to flee their homes.

© Manuella Luana / AP

By: Juliette Pietraszewski

1 min

In the northeast of Brazil, the state of Bahia is the victim of serious flooding at the end of the year.

Two new deaths are to be deplored, bringing the number of deaths since early November in the region to 20.

63,000 people have also been displaced, according to local authorities.

Our correspondent in Brazil, Sarah Cozolina looks back on these deadly floods.

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