Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 66 as over 100 people remain missing

Officials in Rio Grande do Sul state say more than 80,000 have been displaced by record water levels

Sixty-six people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday.

The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking floods swept across the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina.