Flooding in Laranjal do Jari, Amapá, Brazil, in April 2018. The death toll from floods now hammering northeast Brazil has risen to 20. The governor of Bahia state declared it the worst disaster in the state’s history. Rescuers are bracing for more rain in the coming days.

First published in the December 29, 2021, 5:32 a.m. edition

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