Flooding death toll in Brazil hits 126 as rain returns

canoas, brazil — Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state reached 126, according to local authorities, climbing from 113 earlier in the day. The storms and floods battering the state, home to about 10.9 million people, also have displaced almost 340,000 while another 141 people are still unaccounted for, civil defense said. Heavy rains have caused several rivers and lakes in the region to hit their highest levels ever...