Death toll hits 75 from southern Brazil floods

SAO PAULO, May 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 75 people have died from severe storms that inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29, the Civil Defense agency said in its latest report released Sunday.

Another 155 people have been injured with 103 still missing, while 107,600 people have been evacuated to safety in 334 of the state's 496 cities.

The state, which borders Argent