Brazilian officials say heavy rains have filled two dams to capacity in Sao Paulo state, threatening 12 soaked cities with more flooding. More than 100 people have been killed by mudslides and floods triggered by downpours across southeastern Brazil since Jan. 1. Heaviest hit have been ...

More than half the 11 million people living in metropolitan Sao Paulo -- Latin America's biggest city -- would leave if they could, an official survey released Tuesday showed. Fifty-seven percent of the 1,512 respondants to the Ibope Institute poll said they were unhappy with the quality of life in the huge city, which, when assimilated outlying towns are also ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil's three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday. The death toll in the state of Rio de Janeiro rose to 63. Firefighters and rescue workers removed 18 bodies from a lodge and homes that were ...