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		</div><p>An extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil caused floods in several cities, killing at least 31 people and leaving more than 1,600 homeless, authorities said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>More than 60 cities have been battered by the storm since Monday, and Rio Grande do Sul governor Eduardo Leite said the death toll was the state’s highest due to a climate event.</p>
<p>Rescue efforts expanded further west on Wednesday with helicopters headed to the Rio Pardo Valley.</p>
<p>Search and rescue teams had been focusing around the Taquari Valley, about 31 miles northwest of the state capital Porto Alegre, where most of the victims and damage were recorded.</p>
<p>More heavy rain was expected to hit the state’s centre-south region, but possibly sparing the worst-hit areas.</p>
<p>Authorities maintained three flooding alerts on Wednesday, for the Jacui, Cai and Taquari rivers.</p>
<p>TV footage showed families on the top of their houses pleading for help as rivers overflowed their banks.</p>
<p>Some areas were entirely cut off after wide avenues turned into fast-moving rivers.</p>
<p>Mr Leite said 15 of the deaths were in one house in Mucum, a city of about 50,000 people.</p>
<p>Once the storm had passed, TV footage showed a goat hanging from an electrical line, an indication of how high the water had risen.</p>
<p>Many of the victims died from electrical shock, or were trapped in vehicles, online news site G1 reported.</p>
<p>The town hall at Mucum recommended that people seek supplies to meet their needs for the next 72 hours.</p>
<p>Rio Grande do Sul was hit by another extratropical cyclone in June, which killed 16 people and caused destruction in 40 cities, many of those around Porto Alegre.</p>
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