Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in north-eastern Brazil.

FLOODS after days of driving rain have killed at least 39 people in northeastern Brazil, and left 1,000 unaccounted for and another 100,000 people homeless, authorities said.

Floods and mudslides have killed at least 31 people in north-eastern Brazil, officials said today.

A bus carrying local tourists to a coastal city in northeastern Brazil lost control on a wet road and plunged 60ft into a steep ravine today, killing 10 people and injuring the other 34 people on board, officials said.