Type of event: flood
Location: Northeast Brazil
Dates of event: June 21, 2010 rainfall
June 22, 2010 major flooding
June 23, 2010 death tolling and rainfall
Description of event: floods trap and wash away poorly constructed homes/shacks
Loss: 55 dead, 1,000+ missing, 50,000 people are made homeless, Up to a million others have been forced to abandon their homes. Roads washed away
Bibliography: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-06/23/c_13365319.htm
http://feww.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/apocalyptic-floods-in-ne-brazil-kill-dozens-hundreds-missing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_northeastern_Brazil_floods
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