Brazil: Floodwaters in Northeast to Take Weeks to Recede

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 20th, 2009 | Trackback

Some of the worst flooding in decades has swamped the tropical northeast and driven a quarter of a million people from their homes, mostly in Piaui and Maranhao states. Authorities expect it will take a few more weeks for the floodwaters to recede because of continuing rains. Large areas of the states remain inundated.

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