<br/>Flooding in Brazil Killed 41 people and drove over a lakh from their homes. Officials scrambled today to get food and medical aid to two flood-hit Brazilian states torrents of water ripped through towns and Floodwaters toppled bridges and cut roads to dozens of cities. <br/> <br/>The Civil Defence department of Alagoas state received reports from local officials of 600 people missing in the chaos, but suggested most were not in danger. The heavy rains started last week and within two days dumped a month's worth of water on areas of Alagoas and neighbouring Pernambuco state. <br/> <br/>Some small towns were nearly destroyed by the flooding. There was light, scattered rain today afternoon in the flooded areas, and more isolated showers were expected throughout the week.<br/>