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Brazil flood deaths top 700 as more rains loom

  • Deaths from floods, slides reach 702 outside Rio

* Many victims believed to be buried still

* Some still refuse to abandon at-risk homes

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in Rio de Janeiro's picturesque Serrana region reached 702 on Tuesday, a number that is likely to rise further in one of Brazil's worst natural disasters on record.

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