1. FREQUENT RAINS PERSIST IN STATES OF MINAS GERAIS AND BAHIA, CAUSING FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. ACCORDING TO LATEST MEDIA REPORTS THROUGH UNDRO/UNDP RESREP, 229 CITIES AFFECTED (180 IN MINAS GERAIS AND 49 IN BAHIA). 41 PEOPLE DIED. AROUND 3,900 HOUSES DAMAGED/DESTROYED, LEAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER. SEVERAL ROADS INTERRUPTED AND UP TO 39 BRIDGES WERE DESTROYED. HEAVY RAINS FALLING IN HISTORICAL TOWN OF OURO PRETO, WHERE CHURCHES AT RISK.

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