The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state jumped to 29 as of Thursday night, with another 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defence agency.
The agency had said in its prior
report, at noon, that 13 people were dead and 21 people missing, just slightly higher than the toll on Wednesday. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled to the state on Thursday to meet with local authorities and express his solidarity.