<span style="color: #222222;">In Brazil, over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides, submerging entire neighbourhoods and sending homes tumbling down hillsides in the states of Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. Those evacuated were being housed in makeshift shelters in churches, schools and fire stations.<br />''<br />''Local authorities have asked for donations of clothes, sheets and mattresses for the victims.Over 120 municipalities in Minas Gerais state have declared a state of emergency.</span><br />