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A man walks in a flooded street in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Chickens are stranded on a flooded street in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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A woman walks next to closed stores in a flooded area in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 16, 2024.REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A drone view shows cows that were rescued from the flood grazing next a freeway in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Evandir Severo do Santos cleans his restaurant, which was partially destroyed, after the floods in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 16, 2024.REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A view of a submerged house in the Harmonia neighborhood, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A drone view shows debris in a flooded area due to heavy rains, in Serraria in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A view of a submerged street sign in the Harmonia neighborhood, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A drone view of people being evacuated from their homes in a flooded area due to heavy rains, in Serraria in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Valderci Trindade, 24, who lost his house tries to save useful items in a flooded area due to heavy rains, in Serraria in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A view of a submerged houses in the Harmonia neighborhood, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A church is seen among the floods in the Harmonia neighborhood in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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A drone view of a highway in a flooded area in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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A view of the flooded fishing hamlet of Paqueta in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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A drone view of people being evacuated from their homes in a flooded area due to heavy rains, in Serraria in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Nilton Beck Muradas looks on in his flooded farm in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Mirian Chagas reacts when she finds her dog Billi in a flooded area in the Harmonia neighborhood, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Volunteers evacuate people from a flooded area on a boat in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Volunteers ride on a boat at the flooded Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Volunteers ride on a boat at the flooded Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Brazilian army evacuates people from flooded areas in Serraria in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Stranded animals are seen on a roof in the flooded fishing hamlet of Paqueta in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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A cat is seen stranded on a roof in a flooded street in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Brazil flooding could take weeks to subside