Death toll rises to 13 from devastating cyclone in Brazil
SAO PAULO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 13 from the extratropical cyclone that lashed southern Brazil over the weekend with four people still missing, said the country's civil defense agency on Sunday.
The devastation caused by the storms and floods began Friday, affecting more than 40 towns in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, which borders neighboring Uruguay and Argentina.