Flooding and mudslides killed at least 95 people in southeastern Brazil, authorities said, as the most intense rains in half a century paralyzed the Rio de Janeiro area and brought scenes of fear and chaos. Aerial images aired on Brazilian television showed people begging for help on the top of a three or four story building teetering on the edge of a precipice after a landslide in the favela Morro das Mangueiras north of Rio. "Those people are practically committing suicide. It's irresponsible for them to stay there," muttered Rio state governor Sergio Cabral as he was shown images of people waving clothes and plastic buckets to signal for help. Flooding was so intense that authorities urged Rio residents to remain indoors and not venture downtown, where streets were impassable.
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