Six dead after storm lashes Rio de Janeiro

Updated February 8 2019 - 6:11am, first published 6:07am
Torrential rain and strong winds of up to 110km/h have wreaked havoc in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Torrential rain and strong winds of up to 110km/h have wreaked havoc in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Residents in Brazil's second-largest city have awoken to scenes of chaos after thrashing wind and rain whipped through neighbourhoods, felling trees, flooding streets and sweeping away buses in a storm that killed at least six people.

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