With 5 of the 6 water treatment plants stopped, Porto Alegre will place water tankers at strategic points | Rio Grande do Sul

“I’m going to put the truck on a floodplain football field, people will go there to get water and also take their canisters, take their bottles because I can’t afford to go from house to house”, he said.

“There is not enough water stored. The water supply in Rio Grande do Sul has decreased a lot.”

The city hall confirmed that only one of the six water treatment plants (ETA) continues to operate due to the floods. It will be at these stations that tanker trucks will collect water for other regions lacking supplies.

1. ETA Belém Novo: continues to operate, with reduced capacity.
2. ETA Menino Deus (flooded, power turned off) – affected neighborhoods: Agronomy, Alto Teresópolis, Aparício Borges, Azenha, Assunção, Belém Velho, Camaquã, Cavalhada, Centro, Cidade Baixa, Cristal, Intercap, Botanical Garden, Jardim Carvalho, Jardim do Salso, Jardim Europa, Medianeira, Menino Deus, Nonoai, Parthenon, Parque Charruas, Petrópolis, Praia de Belas, Santana, Santa Tereza, São Jorge, São José, Santo Antônio, Tristeza, Vila Campo da Tuca, Vila Conceição, Vila dos Comerciários, Vila dos Sargentos, Vila Alto Erechim, Vila João Pessoa, Vila Nova and Vila Topázio.
3. ETA Moinhos de Vento (flooded) – affected neighborhoods: Auxiliadora, Azenha, Bela Vista, Bom Fim, Historic Center, Cidade Baixa, Farroupilha, Floresta, Independência, Botanical Garden, Menino Deus, Moinhos de Vento, Mont Serrat, Parthenon, Petrópolis, Praia de Belas, Rio Branco, Santa Cecília, Santana , São João and Três Figueiras
4. ETA Tristeza (flooded) – affected neighborhoods: Ipanema, Pedra Redonda, Guarujá, Jardim Isabel, Espírito Santo, Praça Moema, Vila dos Sargentos, Serraria, Parque Bahamas and Jardim Verde Ipanema.
5. ETA São João (flooded) – affected neighborhoods: Jardim Planalto, Passo das Pedras, Costa e Silva, Parque Santa Fé, Chácara das Pedras, Três Figueiras, Rubem Berta, Protásio Alves, Loteamento Timbaúva, Jardim Leopoldina, Jardim Ipu, Alto Petrópolis, Mário Quintana, Chácara da Fumaça, Vila Safira, Sarandi, Morro Santana, Jardim Itu, Jardim Sabará, Christ the Redeemer, Passo da Areia, Jardim Lindoia, Boa Vista, Vila Ipiranga, Vila Floresta, São Sebastião, Anchieta, Auxiliadora, Higienópolis, Humaitá, São Pedro, Navegantes, São Geraldo, São João and Vila Farrapos.
6. ETA Ilhas – affected neighborhoods: Archipelago

The top priority at the moment, however, is saving lives and removing people from risk areas. According to Mayor Sebastião Melo, there are more than 60 shelters in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre, where 9 thousand people are affected by the flood.

Storms caused damage in 70% of the territory of Rio Grande do Sul: 345 of the 496 recorded some type of damage. Part of the population is without electricity, water and faces difficulty in getting around due to flooding and blockages of streets, avenues and roads.

According to the Civil Defense survey, there are 141.3 thousand people away from home, 19.3 thousand in shelters and 121.9 thousand homeless (in the homes of family or friends). In total, 345 of the state’s 496 municipalities recorded some type of problem, affecting 850,000 people.

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 restoration of essential services.

Civil Defense placed most of the state’s river basins at risk of water rising above the flood level.

The rain forecast for the middle of this week extends the state of alert. 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.

Meteorologists claim 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.

The storms that hit Rio Grande do Sul have already left 83 people dead, according to the bulletin released by the Civil Defense this Monday morning (6). Another 4 deaths are being investigated. In addition, there are 111 missing and 276 injured people (find out more at the end of the report).

Victim from Rio Grande do Sul reports damage and losses due to flood