A very severe flood which inundated brasil very sad more than 40 people were killed, and lebiha of 100 000 people lost their homes.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was meeting Tuesday morning with his emergency Cabinet as flooding in two northeastern states killed at least 40 people and left more than 100,000 homeless, the Agencia Brasil state news agency and civil defense officials reported.

In Pernambuco state, 53 cities have declared a state of emergency, the nation's civil defense agency said. Thirteen people are dead and more than 42,000 are homeless there, the agency said.

In Alagoas state, 22 cities have declared an emergency. At least 27 people are dead, said Denildson Queiroz, the civil defense secretary in Alagoas. More than 58,000 residents are homeless, the national civil defense said.

More than 1,000 people have been reported missing in Alagoas. About 500 people were unaccounted for in the town of Uniao dos Palmares, a state spokesman said Monday.