A collapsed bridge lays in a swollen river as flood waters fill the city of Barreiros in Pernambuco state, Brazil, Wednesday. Rescuers searched for 600 people declared missing after torrential floods ripped through cities in northeastern Brazil. The death toll rose to 44 after three bodies were found overnight.
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