Authorities say the death toll from recent flooding and mudslides in southeastern Brazil has risen to 81 with six more bodies found at a resort city devastated on New Year"s Day, according to AP. Civil defense officials said in a statement that the number of dead in Angra dos Reis rose to 50 on Monday. More victims have been found in the area where a waterfront lodge and some vacation houses were crushed by an avalanche of mud and rocks. In the Sao Paulo state city of Sao Luis de Paraitinga, floods destroyed a church and dozens of houses that dated back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
