Search and rescue workers are looking for more than 40 people who remain missing as towns reel from torrential rainfall.

La ciudad de Juiz de Fora registra el febrero más lluvioso de su historia y es el epicentro de la catástrofe, con 16 fallecidos y más de 400 desalojados

Hundreds of people have been displaced and dozens are missing, with rescue operations still ongoing in Juiz de Fora.