No Let Up Yet For Flood-battered South Brazil

In total, 364 cities, towns and villages in Brazil have been hit, many of which remain cut off from the world (Credit: AFP)

The rains may have abated, but floodwaters on Monday continued their assault on southern Brazil, with hundreds of municipalities in ruins amid fears that food and drinking water may soon run out.

Since the unprecedented deluge started last week, at least 83 people have died and 129,000 were ejected from their homes by floods and mudslides in Rio Grande do Sul state, authorities said.