The toll of torrential rains is getting heavier again in Brazil.
The 100 dead mark was crossed on Tuesday.
Rescuers have found 106 bodies after floods and landslides that devastated the Recife region in the northeast of the country.
The government of the state of Pernambuco, of which Recife is the capital, had counted 100 dead in its previous report, in the morning.
But a new statement sent in the afternoon announced that six bodies had been found in two of the worst affected areas.
Eight people are still missing and more than 400 firefighters remain mobilized for the search.
"These searches continue unabated until all these people are found," said Humberto Freire, head of Civil Defense of Pernambuco, quoted in the press release.
More than 6,000 people lost their homes
In Jardim Monteverde, on the border between Recife and the town of Jaboatao dos Guararapes, where several dozen people were buried by a mudslide, the search ended, the bodies of the last three people missing having been found Wednesday.
More than 6,000 people in the Recife region have lost their homes and had to be accommodated in reception structures, according to the latest report from the authorities.
A state of emergency has been declared in 24 municipalities in Pernambuco.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro flew over the flooded areas on Monday and the government released a credit of one billion reais (about 198 million euros) to help the victims.
The head of state was criticized for declaring that this type of disaster was "things that happen", especially after a similar tragedy that left 233 dead in Petropolis, near Rio de Janeiro (southeast), in february.
Other deadly floods took place at the end of last year in the state of Bahia (north-east), then in January in the south-east, in the states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais.
Between Friday evening and Saturday morning, it rained the equivalent of 70% of what is normally expected for the whole of May in certain areas of Pernambuco.
According to the specialist in natural disasters José Marengo, these exceptional precipitations are due to global warming, but are above all deadly because of uncontrolled urbanization.
“Rain itself does not kill.
What is deadly is the rain on homes located in risk areas, ”explains this research coordinator from the National Center for Monitoring and Warning of Natural Disasters in Brazil (CEMADEN).
According to him, the authorities are “guilty” of having “allowed construction in risk areas, where poor populations live who have nowhere to go”.
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