2024-01-20 23:55:02
A lightning strike killed a woman this Saturday and left seven injured, including members of her family, on a beach in the state of Sao Paulo, amid the heavy rains that hit southeastern Brazil, authorities reported.
“There were sequences of electric shocks between the water and the sand on Vila Caiçara beach, Playa Grande, resulting in four victims, all from the same family,” reported the state’s Civil Defense.
“One of them, a 60-year-old woman, died; the others are in serious condition, but stable,” he added.
The authorities indicated that four other people were hit by the electric shock, but not seriously.
In the state of Sao Paulo, three people died in the last 24 hours after heavy rains and wind caused landslides and flooding in at least six municipalities, the state-run Agencia Brasil reported.
A man died when the vehicle in which he was traveling with another occupant was swept away by waters in the city of Sorocaba. In Limeira, two women were rescued after being trapped under a car, but they did not survive.
In the state of Rio Grande do Sul (south), a storm on Tuesday left two dead, Governor Eduardo Leite reported this Saturday on the social network X when updating the balance of victims.
Last week, rain and wind storms hit the city of Sao Paulo, leaving two dead, and thousands of inhabitants of the largest metropolis in Latin America suffered at least three days of power outages.
The southern region of Brazil has faced extreme weather events in recent months, such as heavy rains and a devastating cyclone in September, which left more than 50 dead. According to experts, these phenomena, driven by climate change, tend to repeat themselves.
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