RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The heaviest rains in decades caused floods and landslides that killed about 50 people in Rio de Janeiro state, shutting down transport and commerce on Tuesday in Brazil's second city.
Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio's hillside slums, turning the city's main lake and the sea brown after fifteen hours of continuous heavy rain. Morning flights to and from the city of six million people that will host the 2016 Olympics were either cancelled or seriously delayed, and many neighbourhoods were cut off from power and transport.