Search for survivors after landslides and flooding kill 36 in Brazil

Rescue workers search for survivors after flooding triggered deadly landslides near Juquehy beach in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Hundreds of rescuers are searching for survivors of landslides and flooding that killed at least 36 people along the coast of Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo after a huge weekend downpour.

Worst hit was the city of Sao Sebastiao, where at least 35 were dead. In neighboring Ubatuba a seven-year-old girl was killed.