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Death toll from Brazil flooding hits 100

by admineconai May 9, 2024
written by admineconai May 9, 2024
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The death toll from what has been described as tremendous flooding in southern Brazil has reached 100, as emergency crews continued to search for dozens of missing people.

Updates from the local civil defence agency shows that nearly 400 municipalities have been affected after days of heavy rains swamped the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The floodwaters injured hundreds of people and forced 160,000 others from their homes as of Wednesday, while the state civil defence authority said 128 people were still missing.

Brazil’s national centre for natural disasters was quoted as saying that the southern part of the state was under “high risk” of more floods throughout the day. It said rainfall was expected to restart, and although it was not expected to be significant in volume terms, water levels are already high in many places and the soil is saturated.

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Meanwhile, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has promised that there would be “no lack of resources” to meet the needs of residents.

“We understand the difficult financial situation faced by Rio Grande do Sul,” he said at an event in Brasilia, adding he wanted to make sure the state would get “everything it is entitled to”. “We still don’t know the exact dimension of the floods, that will only be clear to us when the water levels return to normal,”.

About 15,000 soldiers, firefighters, police and volunteers were at work across the state to rescue those trapped and transport aid.

Currently, many residents have no access to drinking water or electricity – or even the means to call for help with telephone and internet services down in many places.

State Governor Eduardo Leite had warned earlier this week that the human toll was likely to rise as “the emergency is continuing to develop” in the state capital of Porto Alegre and other areas.

Story was adapted from Aljazeera.

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