Brazil floods leave 50,000 people without shelter

A helicopter flies over a flooded area in Jacuipe, in the north-eastern state of Alagoas Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/Reuters Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/guardian.co.uk Destroyed railway tracks at the Mundau river in Rio Largo, Alagoas, after heavy rain and floods Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/EPA Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/guardian.co.uk The Mundau river in Rio Largo, Alagoas Photograph: Tercio Cappello/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Tercio Cappello/guardian.co.uk Inhabitants wait for help in a street full of debris after houses were destroyed by rain and floods Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/EPA Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/guardian.co.uk An area affected by the flooding in Rio Largo Photograph: Tercio Cappello/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Tercio Cappello/guardian.co.uk People clear debris from a street after heavy rains in Barreiros, Pernambuco state Photograph: Alexandre Gondim/AP Photograph: Alexandre Gondim/guardian.co.uk People recover their belongings after a river overflowed destroying their homes in Uniao dos Palmares Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/EPA Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/guardian.co.uk Devastation caused by the overflowing of the Mundau river Photograph: Tercio Cappello/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Tercio Cappello/guardian.co.uk A man walks through the debris of his house in Rio Largo Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/EPA Photograph: Thiago Sampaio/guardian.co.uk A man sleeps next to a camp set up near the rubble of houses destroyed after heavy rains in Rio Largo Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/guardian.co.uk A destroyed house after heavy rains in Palmares, Alagoas Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/guardian.co.uk An aerial view of a flooded area of Barreiros city, in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco Photograph: Antonio Cruz/Reuters Photograph: Antonio Cruz/guardian.co.uk A man stands at a camp set up near the rubble of houses destroyed after heavy rains in Rio Largo Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/guardian.co.uk Residents gather near destroyed houses in Uniao dos Palmares, Alagoas Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/guardian.co.uk A man stands in the ruins of destroyed houses in Palmares, Alagoas Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/guardian.co.uk An aerial view of a flooded area of Barreiros, Pernambuco Photograph: Antonio Cruz/Reuters Photograph: Antonio Cruz/guardian.co.uk Local residents sit on damaged railway tracks in an area devastated by the overflowing Mundaú river, in Branquinho, Alagoas Photograph: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Evaristo Sa/guardian.co.uk