Nov. 24 - Severe floods in Brazil kill at least 44 people and force thousands to abandon their homes.
Officials said 250,000 homes had lost power and at least three towns had to ration water to cope with purification problems.Katharine Jackson reports.
A sailor walks between two covered helicopters on board the Brazilian Oceanographic support ship Ary Rongel which is docked at Ushuaia port in south Argentina November 20, 2008. The Ary Rongel ...