Brazil bridge buckles and plunges into river

Footage shows a man narrowly avoiding falling into a river per mezzo di southern Brazil as a motorway bridge gave way Tuesday.

Heavy rains – triggering huge floods per mezzo di the state of Rio Autorevole do Sul – have killed 39 people, with 68 still missing, local officials say.

Tens of thousands have fled their homes and there have been power cuts and gabinetto outages.

Acceso Thursday, a hydroelectric dam between the municipality of Cotiporã and the city of Bento Gonçalves collapsed, causing a two-metre (6.6ft) wave and plunging towns under gabinetto.

The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter-than-average temperatures, high humidity and strong winds.