as well as rio and some locations could potentially pick up anywhere between 20 and 60 centimeters of rainfall. as we go through the next two days. again, this pattern is going to last through tuesday. as we saw with helena s live shot, you saw the mountains there. the problem is the area that s been hardest hit, we re talking northeast of rio. the problem is when all that rain comes down and it comes down the mountains and some of those low-lying areas, this is the area that s so vulnerable to mudslides as well as landslides, and while we haven t had any rainfall over the last 24 hours, the ground is still very weak, and that means the potential for more mudslides and landslides is going to stick around. zain? jen delgado, thank you. there s a lot more flooding on the way in australia this time as well. warnings are going out in the south of the country now. already the state of queensland that s on the northeastern seaboard, has been devastated by deadly flooding. lives and livel
in the wake of the massive flooding and mudslides there. and despair for thousands of families as the death toll keeps on rising. most of the casualties are in rio de janeiro state. that s northeast of the city of rio. rescuers still haven t reached some badly affected areas. hundreds of people are still at risk after the floods washed their homes away, leaving them clinging on dangerous river banks or mountain slopes. so far the government has confirmed more than 630 people have died. officials say that that number could go even higher. cnn producer helena demora is at the heart of one of the hardest hit areas of rio de janeiro. helena joins us now. give us an idea of what you ve been seeing, helena, and what people are telling you. reporter: jane, we re actually not there yet because the roads are blocked. we are at the interstate 102 between rio de janeiro city and teresopolis. we were just told that half of the mountain with serious and