2024-05-12 17:02:49
The drama worsened yesterday in hundreds of cities south of Brazil by the floods, where the humanitarian aid starts to arrive in the middle of the lack of water and new alerts for storms in the coming days.
The worst climate catastrophe in state history Rio Grande do Sul totals 90 dead and 131 missing, according to the Civil defense.
In 397 affected municipalities, including Porto Alegrethe state capital, 156,056 people were evacuated due to the overflowing of rivers.
Shipments of aid and donations arrived yesterday at the southern city, where the most urgent demand is water.
“I’m at the limit. God forbid I run out of water,” commented Elizabeth, a 67-year-old woman who did not reveal her last name, while she loaded buckets at one of the taps available in Alvorada, a town near Porto Alegre.
In the region, about 15 thousand soldiers, firefighters, police y volunteers They work to rescue victims in aircraft, boats and vehicles of all types.
President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva He said that “emergency funds will begin to be released” for “the first rescues.” Although there is still no “dimension of the damage,” he reiterated that “there will be no lack of resources to meet the needs” of the inhabitants.
The situation could get worse: National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) warned of “great danger” storms until Wednesday, with intense rain, winds and possibly hail. /WITH INFORMATION FROM AFP
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2024-05-12 17:02:49