Death toll from south Brazil's climate disaster hits 151

SAO PAULO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- As many as 151 people have died to date from south Brazil's worst climate disaster on record and another 104 people remain missing, the Civil Defense agency said Thursday.

Since torrential rains began to lash the country's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, on April 29, floods and mudslides have left some 600,000 people homeless.

In the last 24 hours, the number of fatal