Dozens dead and Carnival festivities cancelled after heavy rain hits Brazil

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Twitter he will visit the weather-impacted region on Monday (Susan Walsh/AP)

Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have led to the deaths of 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state, officials said.

Sao Paulo state government said in a statement that 35 died in the city of Sao Sebastiao and a seven-year-old girl was killed in neighbouring Ubatuba.