BBC News
Meteorologists said more than 680mm of rain came down in the municipality of Bertioga in the space of only 24 hours. Another woman was hit by a falling tree. Most of the others were buried in the mud that careened down the hillside. More than nine million people in Brazil are estimated to be living in areas prone to mudslides or flooding.
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