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More than 100 dead in floods in southern Brazil
Rescue workers are on duty in the Rio Grande do Sul region. photo
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The floods in Brazil continue. The death toll has risen to 107. The Air Force brought 25 tons of relief supplies to the region.
During the severe flooding in the south Brazil’s death toll has risen to 107. 374 more people were injured and 136 were missing, according to the civil defense of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. More than 1.4 million people in 425 towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were affected by the flood. Over 230,000 people had to leave their homes.
The Air Force brought 25 tons of relief supplies to the region, including medicine, water treatment plants and food. “The work continues,” wrote President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the news platform X. “Brazil is united in the reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul.”
It rained again in the provincial capital Porto Alegre. The Rio Grande do Sul Civil Defense issued a warning for heavy rain and strong winds with speeds exceeding 90 kilometers per hour for a large part of the state. There was also a risk of thunderstorms and hailstorms.