On Sunday evening, it had reported at least 78 deaths and 105 missing people. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday with most of his cabinet and said bureaucracy would not stop the government from reconstructing the state.Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities have announced. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. Approximately 16,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. The floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and collapsed bridges across the state.
