Brazil downpours leave at least 50 dead as rescue ship arrives

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The Navy's multipurpose aircraft ship will serve as an emergency field hospital, and is equipped with helicopters and landing vehicles, as well as hospital beds...

People work to remove mud after landslides in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil February 23, 2023..

A Brazilian Navy ship arrived in the coastal city of Sao Sebastiao on Thursday to help rescue victims of the heavy rains afflicting southeast Brazil, which have killed at least 50 people and displaced thousands...

Last weekend's rainfall was the heaviest ever recorded in Brazil in a 24-hour period, according to government data, and left a trail of destruction along the coast of northern Sao Paulo state...

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