### [2024-01-15](/feed/2024/01/15/index.md)

##### Flood
# Eleven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/gallery/2024/1/15/torrential-rains-leave-at-least-11-dead-in-brazil)

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