Brazil Floods Kill 37 as Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Pledges Relief

Death toll rises to 37 with 33 still missing after record rainfall triggered devastating landslides and floods in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced federal aid of $155 for each displaced person while Governor Romeu Zema deployed rescue teams to the hardest-hit cities of Juiz de Fora and Ubá.Emergency crews have rescued 208 people as the region remains under a state of public calamity following the wettest February in recorded history.