Southern Brazil hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years • FRANCE 24 English

Southern Brazil hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years • FRANCE 24 English

these residents of Rio Grand do Brazil’s southernmost states are among thousands who have taken refuge in shelters after being forced from their homes by torrential rains battering the area I lost everything I lifted some furniture that I could but I believe I lost everything I really am desperate there are many people who have lost their lives I raise my hands to the sky and thank God that I’m still alive now I’m just asking God to give me another home to live in the storms have transformed streets into rivers in several towns as well as giving rise to landslides and the partial collapse of a dam structure at a hydroelectric power plant according to authorities dozens of people have been killed and at least 24,000 have been displaced it’s the wor disaster ever recorded in the history of Rio Grand doou perhaps one of the biggest disasters the country has ever seen at least in recent history and it’s extremely distressing because the weather has been unrelenting since Monday the state is situated between polar and tropical atmospheres consequently it experiences a weather pattern with bouts of heavy rain and others of drought the pattern has grown more more intense due to climate change according to local scientists president Lula has promised that the government will back rescue and rebuilding efforts

Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a year, following floods in July, September and November 2023 that killed 75 people in total.
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