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by Staff Writers
Brasilia (AFP) May 11, 2009 Flooding that has left 44 dead in northern Brazil and the worst drought
in eight decades in the south of the country are signs of climate
change, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday.
"Brazil is feeling climate changes that are happening in the world, when
there is a deep drought in a place where there's never been one, when it
rains in places where it never rains," he said in his weekly radio program. He was speaking as northern Brazil struggled with flooding that left
more than 180,000 people homeless in a region better known for being
dry. The government has estimated the damage at 500 million dollars. Two southern states were, meanwhile, victim of a drought that has
affected much of Brazil's cereal output.
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