South Brazil is currently grappling with its most severe climate disaster on record in the Rio Grande do Sul state, resulting in a tragic death toll of 171 individuals, according to the state's civil defense agency as of Saturday. In addition to the fatalities caused by extreme weather, there has been a noticeable increase in cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial illness, exacerbating the region's humanitarian crisis.
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Death toll from south Brazil's extended extreme weather hits 171
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