By IANS
Sao Paulo : Heavy rain in Brazil’s southeast, mainly along the coast, have killed four people and displaced some 15,000, EFE news agency reported Tuesday.
According to officials, the heavy rain started Sunday. Authorities of 35 municipalities along the coast, including Vale de Paraiba, Campinas and Sao Paulo are on alert.
In Sao Jose dos Campos, an 85-year-old woman who was bedridden drowned, while the body of a fisherman who disappeared at sea when the storm hit Sunday, was found Monday on the Peruibe beach.
In Jacupiranga, the bodies of a couple were found buried Monday in landslides caused by the rains.
Power connections were snapped by authorities in most of the municipalities in the region to prevent accidental fire and electrocution.
Weather office said there would be no let up in weather this week.