2023-09-11 06:10:43
The meteorological phenomenon caused at least 46 deaths and 924 people injured, according to the Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul.
The passage of an extra tropical cyclone that hit southern Brazil a week ago has so far caused 46 deaths and left 46 people missing, 924 injured and more than 340,000 affected, the authorities reported this Sunday (09/10/2023).
The latest bulletin released by the Civil Defense of Río Grande do Sul, a state bordering Argentina and Uruguay and the one most affected by the floods, also increased the number of cities with damage from the meteorological phenomenon from 88 to 93.
In the last hours, and despite the fact that the number of missing people remains at 46, three more bodies that were not on the list were found and five new cities in calamity reported more victims and 700 injuries. Thus, the injury balance jumped from 224 to 924.
“This draws our attention because phenomena like this have occurred in many different places on our planet,” commented the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during his speech this Sunday at the Summit of G20 in India.
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The latest balance indicates that the cyclone affected 340,918 people, of whom 25,284 had to temporarily or permanently leave their homes due to flooding. The cyclone left some cities under water and the floods caused landslides and destroyed bridges, roads and other infrastructure, as well as extensive crops.
Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who is acting as President due to Lula’s trip to India, visited the affected regions this Sunday and announced the release of resources for 741 million reais (about 148.2 million dollars). Part of these resources, Alckmin explained, will be allocated to each affected person -800 reais (about 160 dollars)-, and each affected farming family -4,600 reais (about 920 dollars)-.
The Brazilian Government has sent a contingent of 900 people to the affected areas, including first responders, health professionals and social workers.
ama (efe, civil defense)
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