Landslides, floods kill 31 in Brazil

Brasilia, May 29

Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 29 persons in the state of Pernambuco in northeast Brazil on Saturday.

In Alagoas, another state in the region, two persons died when they were swept away in river flooding on Friday. More than 1,000 people have been forced to leave their homes because of the flooding in Pernambuco, civil defense officials said. — AP