(AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Rosimery de Jesus closes the gate at her flooded home after deadly, heavy rainfall in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Rosimery de Jesus closes the gate at her flooded home after deadly, heavy rainfall in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)RIO DE JANEIRO -- Neighborhoods in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state remained flooded Monday more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 12 people. In February 2023, heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that killed at least 48 people in Sao Paulo state. In September, flooding from a cyclone in southern Brazil killed at least 31 people and left 2,300 homeless.

Source: ABC News January 15, 2024 19:32 UTC