Fierce storm in south Brazil kills at least 21

Police officers check a house as residents walk a flooded street. Pic/AP

At least 21 people died in southern Brazil due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities, officials said. Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Eduardo Leite said the death toll is the state's highest due to a climate event. He said about 60 cities had been battered by the storm, which was classified as an extratropical cyclone. Leite said 15 of the deaths occurred in one house in Mucum, a city of about 50,000 residents.

The Rio Grande do Sul state government said it had recorded 1,650 people made homeless since Monday night. TV footage showed familes on the top of their houses pleading for help as rivers overflowed their banks. The city hall at Mucum recommended that residents stock supplies to meet their needs for the next 72 hours. The governor said one of the dead was a woman who was swept away during a rescue attempt.

Haikui kills 2, leaves thousands displaced

At least two people have been killed and thousands forced to evacuate by floods brought by Tropical Storm Haikui in China's southeastern coastal Fujian province, local authorities reported on Wednesday. Schools were closed and flights suspended, while more than 30,000 people were moved to safety. Two firefighters died and one police officer is missing after floodwaters carried away a fire engine on a rescue mission, the Fuzhou fire department said. Economic losses are estimated to total more than $75 million.

Deaths from storms in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on the rise

The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to 12 on Wednesday after rescue teams in the neighboring countries found five more bodies. A flash flood at a campsite in northwestern Turkey near the border with Bulgaria killed at least five people - with three found dead on Wednesday - and carried away bungalow homes.

Vehicles scattered during floods after heavy rains in Istanbul. Pic/AP

Rescuers were still searching for one person reported missing at the site. Another two people died in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, where Tuesday's storms inundated hundreds of homes and workplaces in several neighborhoods. In Greece, a record rainfall caused at least two deaths near the central city of Volos and three people were reported missing.

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In Bulgaria, a storm caused floods on the country's southern Black Sea coast. The body of a missing tourist was recovered from the sea, raising the overall death toll to three. Border police vessels and drones were assisting efforts to locate another two people still listed as missing. Most of the rivers in the region burst their banks and several bridges were destroyed.

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