Water flows over the Carioca dam, after pouring rains in Pará de Minas, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on January 11, 2022. #

An aerial view of flooding at the Carioca dam in Pará de Minas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on January 11, 2022 #

Residents observe a damaged road after heavy rainfall in Pará de Minas, Brazil, on January 11, 2022. #

A man travels in a boat with his rescued cat during flooding in Marabá, Pará state, Brazil, on January 9, 2022. #

Antonio Alves surveys the damage inside his flooded house in Imperatriz, Maranhão state, Brazil, on January 6, 2022. #

Cats are seen on the roof of a flooded house in Imperatriz, Brazil, on January 6, 2022. #

Joelma Rodrigues walks through floodwater in a street in Imperatriz on January 6, 2022. #

A chameleon tries to stay out of the water during flooding in Imperatriz on January 6, 2022. #

Francisco Mesquita uses a canoe as he observes flooded houses in Imperatriz on January 7, 2022. #

An aerial view of flooded houses, after heavy rains caused an overflow of Rio Paraopeba in Juatuba, Brazil, on January 11, 2022. #

Debris is left behind on a bridge as the flood recedes in the Brazilian municipality of Raposos, on January 11, 2022. #

People wade through water as they remove belongings from their homes in the flooded Brazilian municipality of Juatuba on January 10, 2022. #

A man removes mud from a house after the floodwater receded in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #

Lines showing different levels of flooding can be seen left behind inside the bathroom of a flooded house in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #

Washington Rogerio Guimaraes had his home flooded after heavy rains caused the Marmelada River to overflow on January 11, 2022, in Abaeté, Brazil. #

A man cleans a supermarket shelf after a flood in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #

Floodwater covers a residential street in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #

A woman sweeps mud from the floor of a store after the receding of the floodwater in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #