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People navigate in boats through the flooded streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, as floods and mudslides have killed at least 66 and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes, according to authorities. IMAGES
Floodwaters cover a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost region, where the death toll of an extratropical cyclone has risen to 27. IMAGES
The death toll from floods that have battered South Africa's east coast has risen to 443, including a rescuer, Sihle Zikalala, the premier of the KwaZulu-Natal province announces, as dozens more are still missing. SOUNDBITE
The number of people in Britain who have died in hospital from the coronavirus has risen by 596 to 16,060, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. SOUNDBITE
Floodwaters in Louisiana claim eight lives and force thousands to flee as officials continue to rescue victims. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).