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PHOTOS: Brazil floods

14 May 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Source: AlertNet

Background

South East Asia Monsoon

Floods

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER SOCIETY)
Residents wash their clothes in front of their flooded house in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 13, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to Brazilian Civil Defense . REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER SOCIETY)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE1

Residents paddle their boat in a street
flooded by Mearim river in Bacabal, in
the northeastern state of Maranhao May
13, 2009. Floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people,
according to Brazilian Civil Defense .
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Residents paddle their boat in a street flooded by Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 13, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to Brazilian Civil Defense . REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE2

Children wave on their boat in a street
flooded by Mearim river in Bacabal, in
the northeastern state of Maranhao May
13, 2009. Floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people,
according to Brazilian Civil Defense .
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Children wave on their boat in a street flooded by Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 13, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to Brazilian Civil Defense . REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE3

An aerial view of flooded area near
Mearim river in Bacabal, in the
northeastern state of Maranhao May 13,
2009. Floods and mudslides from months
of heavy rains in northern Brazil have
driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people,
according to Brazilian Civil Defense .
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
An aerial view of flooded area near Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 13, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to Brazilian Civil Defense . REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE4

A resident lies in a hammock inside his
house, flooded by the Mearim river in
Bacabal, in the northeastern state of
Maranhao May 12, 2009. Floods and
mudslides from months of heavy rains in
northern Brazil have driven more than
300,000 from their homes and killed at
least 44 people, according to the
Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo
Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER
IMAGES OF THE DAY)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A resident lies in a hammock inside his house, flooded by the Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 12, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to the Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE5

A resident hangs her clothes to dry on
the roof of a house flooded by the
Mearim river in Bacabal, in the
northeastern state of Maranhao May 12,
2009. Floods and mudslides from months
of heavy rains in northern Brazil have
driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people,
according to the Brazilian Civil Defense.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A resident hangs her clothes to dry on the roof of a house flooded by the Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 12, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to the Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE6

A man waits to transport residents to
their flooded houses in Bacabal, in the
northeastern state of Maranhao May 12,
2009. Floods and mudslides from months
of heavy rains in northern Brazil have
driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people,
according to the Brazilian Civil Defense.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A man waits to transport residents to their flooded houses in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 12, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to the Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE7

A resident fishes from the top of her
house, flooded by the Mearim river in
Bacabal, in the northeastern state of
Maranhao May 12, 2009. Floods and
mudslides from months of heavy rains in
northern Brazil have driven more than
300,000 from their homes and killed at
least 44 people, according to the
Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo
Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A resident fishes from the top of her house, flooded by the Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao May 12, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to the Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE8

A resident has her lunch outside her
house flooded by water from the Mearim
river in Bacabal, in the northeastern
state of Maranhao, May 12, 2009. Floods
and mudslides from months of heavy rains
in northern Brazil have driven more than
300,000 from their homes and killed at
least 44 people, according to the
Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo
Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A resident has her lunch outside her house flooded by water from the Mearim river in Bacabal, in the northeastern state of Maranhao, May 12, 2009. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to the Brazilian Civil Defense. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE9

A resident fishes on a street flooded by
Parnaiba river in Luzilandia, in the
northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui
May 11, 2009. According to the Brazilian
Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A resident fishes on a street flooded by Parnaiba river in Luzilandia, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui May 11, 2009. According to the Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE10

Residents walk on a street flooded by
Parnaiba river in Luzilandia, in the
northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui
May 11, 2009. According to the Brazilian
Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Residents walk on a street flooded by Parnaiba river in Luzilandia, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui May 11, 2009. According to the Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE11

Residents travel in a boat on the
flooded Longa river in Piaui May 10,
2009. According to Brazilian Civil
Defense, floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 300,000 from their
homes and killed at least 44 people.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Residents travel in a boat on the flooded Longa river in Piaui May 10, 2009. According to Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE12

A resident wipes her face during a
rainstorm at the flooded Longa river in
Piaui May 10, 2009. According to
Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and
mudslides from months of heavy rains in
northern Brazil have driven more than
300,000 from their homes and killed at
least 44 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
(BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A resident wipes her face during a rainstorm at the flooded Longa river in Piaui May 10, 2009. According to Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE13

Evacuated homes are seen in the flooded
Longa river in Esperantina, in the
northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui
May 7, 2009. According to Brazilian
Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 214,000 from their
homes and killed at least 33 people.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Evacuated homes are seen in the flooded Longa river in Esperantina, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui May 7, 2009. According to Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 214,000 from their homes and killed at least 33 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE14

Tombs are partly submerged during a
flood in the city of Esperantina, in the
northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui
May 7, 2009. According to Brazilian
Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from
months of heavy rains in northern Brazil
have driven more than 214,000 from their
homes and killed at least 33 people.
REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL
ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Tombs are partly submerged during a flood in the city of Esperantina, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui May 7, 2009. According to Brazilian Civil Defense, floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 214,000 from their homes and killed at least 33 people. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
REF: RTXGLT3_MAIN_PICTURE15

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