Brazilian rescue workers struggled to find survivors from another mudslide today as the death toll from this week's storms hit at least 147.

Torrential rain that brought death and chaos to Rio de Janeiro eased today.

The death toll from floods and mudslides in southeastern Brazil has risen to 102.

The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro’s history triggered landslides that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralysed Brazil’s second-largest city.