Brazil: Dozens killed as heavy rains cause floods, landslides

More than 2,500 people evacuated from their homes in Minas Gerais state as two days of heavy rainfall cause flooding.

In southeast Brazil, two days of intense downpours in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Espiritu Santo have caused the worst flooding in decades.

Dozens have been killed and thousands forced from their homes because of landslides and buildings collapsing.

 

Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo reports from Betim, Brazil.