A man walks after an extratropical cyclone hit southern cities, in Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Diego Vara LAJEADO, Brazil — For several hours, the floodwaters rose until they swept away Miguel Rutigliano Bieleski's home, his wife and his two children. Bieleski said he only survived by clinging on to the branch of a tree. Bieleski, 35, is one of many Brazilians in the south of the country struggling to rebuild their lives after being battered by a tropical cyclone this week.

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