Heavy rain hits cities on the coast of São Paulo, on the Carnival holiday
The number of people who died as a result of the rains
on the north coast of São Paulo. only in San Sebastian
, 35 people died after storms devastated the city . In Ubatuba
there is a victim.
The last update is from this Sunday night (19).
One of the victims, a 7-year-old girl, died buried under a two-ton rock early yesterday morning in Ubatuba. In São Sebastião, a 35-year-old woman was hit by a tree and couldn’t resist.
According to government data from São Paulo
, more than 550 people had to leave their homes on the coast after the storms. Until 19:00 yesterday, 228 people were displaced, who moved to relatives’ houses, and 338 were displaced, who were sent to public shelters.
Just yesterday, Governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) declared a state of public calamity for the cities of Ubatuba, São Sebastião, Ilhabela, Caraguatatuba and Bertioga, which were impacted by the heavy rains that hit the region.
In São Sebastião, there are people stranded, missing and under rubble. Mayor Felipe Augusto said that rescue teams find it difficult to access the places where the houses collapsed.
“Several houses collapsed, many people are still under the rubble. The search and rescue teams are not able to access several places. The situation is very chaotic”, said Felipe Augusto in an online broadcast this Sunday.
In addition to deaths, the temporal
caused destruction, flooding and landslides, causing some access roads to the regions to be totally or partially banned, due to the risk of falling barriers .
The still rainy and foggy weather also means that Military Police helicopters are unable to reach the affected locations. Many residents search for the missing on their own.
To help rescue victims in São Sebastião, Army aircraft will be sent to the North Coast
from SP. More than 100 firefighters are engaged in the search for those affected by the rains.
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