An extratropical cyclone has been battering southern Brazil, flooding homes, swelling rivers and claiming the lives of nearly two dozen people, state authorities said on Tuesday .
"Since dawn, we saw that was going to flood and we were putting things on top of the table, on top of the wood stove, but it didn't help," said Da Luz, a resident of the town of Passo Fundo in the southern state of Rio Grande Sul, where state authorities have confirmed the deaths of 21 people. Video obtained by Reuters showed houses in Mucum submerged by rising water, while streets and rivers were also flooded.
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