2024-05-01 23:06:37
At least 10 people died6 are injured and more than 20 remain missing after the heavy rain and flooding registered in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. The regional government reported that the rescue work in the isolated populations and fear that the weather conditions get worse in the coming days.
The bad weather affected 77 municipalities in the state and around 300 people had to leave their homes, to be transferred to different shelters. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that will travel this Thursday to the state of Río Grande do Sul to provide support.
“Tomorrow I will personally go to the south to verify the situation and the joint work of the ministers with the state government,” Lula wrote on the X platform, minutes after the state governor, Eduardo Leitedescribe the situation as “of chaos and war”.
The publication of the president of Brazil in X. (Capture: Twitter / @LulaOficial)
“The federal government will join the efforts of the state government and municipalities to go through and overcome this difficult moment, reflection of climate change that affects the planet“added the president.
In the next few hours, the volume of rain is expected to continue high, possibly reaching up to 300 millimeters in some areas. All the monitored rivers they are in levels that exceed the limits alert,” indicated the government of Rio Grande do Sul in a statement.
Rescue efforts intensified in the municipality of Candelaria, in “critical condition,” according to authorities. Likewise, the armed forces had aircraft capable of night flights to undertake rescues in difficult-to-access areas, and police aircraft will also be ready to join the task, pending favorable weather conditions.
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At the end of March, heavy rains in southeastern Brazil left at least 25 dead in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo. At the same time, a heat wave hit the country in March, with oppressive temperatures in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. In February, Rio Grande do Sul had been smothered by extreme temperatures due to an “extreme heat dome” coming from Argentina.
In this context, experts attribute extreme phenomena and meteorological instability to climate change, with temperatures around 1.2ºC higher overall than in the mid-19th century, causing an increase in floods, droughts and heat waves.
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