The number of deaths due to the storms that hit Rio Grande do Sul rose to 83, according to the bulletin released by Civil Defense this Monday morning (6). Other investigations are 4 deaths. Furthermore, there are 111 missing and 276 people injured.
According to the Civil Defense survey, there are 141.3 thousand people outside the housebeing 19.3 thousand in shelters and 121.9 thousand homeless (in the homes of family or friends). In all, 345 of the 496 municipalities in the state registered some type of problem, affecting 850 One thousand people.
The forecast of rain from the middle of this week in areas already hit by storms puts the state on alert again. According to Climatempo Meteorologia, the advance of a new cold front will once again cause an increase in heavy rain conditions. The possibility of increasing cold could make rescues difficult.
Compare images of the floods of 1941 and today in Porto Alegre
Emergency situation
The government declared a state of calamity, a situation that was recognized by the federal government. With this, the state is able to request federal resources for civil defense actions, such as humanitarian assistance, reconstruction of infrastructure and reestablishment of essential services.
Civil Defense placed most of the state’s river basins at risk of water rising above the flood level.
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Meteorologists say that the storms that occur in Rio Grande do Sul are a reflection of at least three phenomena that occur in the region, aggravated by climate change. Over the next 24 hours, more rain is forecast.
The tragedy in the state is associated with intense wind currentsto a humidity corridor coming from the Amazonincreasing the strength of the rain, and at a atmospheric lockdue to heat waves.
Pope Francis mentions victims of the storms in Rio Grande do Sul during the Vatican’s Sunday mass
