Brazil counts the cost after highest recorded rainfall in 110 years

Flooding and landslides kill at least 30 people and 2,600 are evacuated from their homesThere have been some notable heavy rainfall and snowfall events recently. Flooding and landslides in south-east Brazil have killed at least 30 people, with a further 17 missing and 2,600 evacuated from their homes. The events followed extreme rainfall on 24 January, with Belo Horizonte receiving 173mm of rain in 24 hours (a quarter of the expected annual rainfall across south-east England). This was their lar