Six die in storm

Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s secondlargest city, awoke to scenes of chaos yesterday after thrashing wind and rain whipped through neighborhoods, felling trees, flooding streets and sweeping away buses in a storm that killed at least six people.

Tourist hot spots like Ipanema and Copacabana were battered by winds of up to 110kmh and precarious hillside favelas were hit by landslips that closed roads.

At least six people died, with two of them killed when a bus was buried by a slip while driving along an exposed coastal road, authorities said.