An increasingly desperate search was under way on Friday for people buried by a deluge of mud that swept through the Brazilian city of Petropolis leaving what resembled "scenes of war" according to President Jair Bolsonaro.

At least 78 people were killed in devastating flash floods and landslides that hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis.

Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 18 people Tuesday in the hills above Rio de Janeiro. 

Landslides and flooding from heavy rains in Sao Paulo state kill at least 18 people.

Ten people died after a cliff collapsed onto tourist boats in a lake in Brazil, officials said Sunday after the bodies of two missing people were found.

At least seven people were killed and three were missing after a cliff collapsed onto boats carrying tourists on a lake in Brazil, authorities said Saturday.

The death toll from flash floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday, with authorities declaring it the worst disaster in the Bahia state's history.

Heavy rains and flash floods in northeast Brazil have killed at least 18 people, injured 280 others and displaced more than 35,000 local residents.

More than 11,000 people have been displaced in the Brazilian state of Bahia due to flooding.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s former president, has a comfortable lead against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in next year's presidential election, a survey shows.