At least 31 killed in Brazil after cyclone blows through southern state

The death toll from heavy rains that devastated Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul rose to 31 on Wednesday, local authorities said, as an extratropical cyclone batters the region, flooding homes and swelling rivers.

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