G1 in 1 Minute: Understand flooding in RS and Water invades hotel
Governor Eduardo Leite (PSDB) stated that there is “a projection that the rains could generate new days of heavy flooding in these regions that have already been hit especially hard. Taquari ValleyThe Mountain range“.
“It won’t be the time to go home, it won’t be the time to be in the places that were hit,” he said.
There are 207.8 thousand people away from home. Of this total, there are 48.8 thousand in shelters It is 159 thousand homeless (people who are staying with family or friends). RS has 401 of its 497 municipalities with some report of problems related to the stormwith 1.4 million people affected.
On Thursday (9), cold air will cause temperatures to dropwith minimum temperatures between 5° and 11°C in the Center-South of the state.
“The slightly more expressive condition that we are predicting is the part of the Western Half of Rio Grande do Sul. So, if we were to outline a region there, we would say that it would be the part of the Campaign, the West, the Center and the Northwest of the state in relation to storms”, said meteorologist Cátia Valente, from the RS Situation Room.
There is a projection of more rain between Friday (10) and Sunday (12).
“There is a first projection that, between Friday and Sunday, we will have very heavy rains again in the Northern Half of the state, affecting the rivers that have already risen and which have already caused all this damage”, said Leite.
Eduardo Leite also commented on the government’s strategy in combating the impacts of flooding in the state.
“The first strategy is alert. Make the population understand the seriousness of what happened and what lies ahead. Our concern is not to have people in risk areas. And on the other hand, we seek to sustain all services in these conditions. We need to guarantee , in public shelters, water supply, sanitation, sewage, electricity, food, blankets, due to the cold weather. Asking for a group. to help with urban drainage, especially in Porto Alegre”, he detailed.
Water accumulated in Porto Alegre begins to drain into Lagoa dos Patos
- R$70 million allocated to municipalities
- R$50 million to 20,000 families affected by the “Volta por Acima” program
- R$10 million for affected hospitals
- R$40 million for recovery and unblocking of works
- R$30 million for 75 thousand families in social rent
Leite confirmed that the state will receive personnel of the National Public Security Force (See federal government announcements for RS below).
“We hope to receive the first 100 men tomorrow [quarta, 8] yet. And, over the next few days, a total of 400 members, men and women, who we hope to have here reinforcing public safety also with vehicles”, he detailed.
In the Military Brigade, retired police officers will be called up to work in shelters.
“I immediately authorized the publication of a notice to call for a thousand police officers. A thousand police officers to also be used in security. They cannot act in security on the streets, but they work in places that need security, such as shelters and others that need security. reinforcement”, said Leite.
Those who live in cities in the Taquari Valley and have passed through the recently opened roads no longer recognize what is left. The region was one of the hardest hit by the storms that have been ravaging Rio Grande do Sul for more than a week. The Taquari River reached more than 30 meters – a historic record.
The Minister of Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha, stated that the federal government will set a deadline for deputies from Rio Grande do Sul to redirect the application of R$448 million in parliamentary amendments. According to Padilha, these resources were originally included in the 2024 Union Budget for other areas – but, with the biggest flood in history in the state, they could be reallocated for relief and reconstruction actions, for example.
