Devastating Cyclone Claims Lives: Updates and Relief Efforts in Rio Grande du Sud

2023-06-18 09:01:49

“According to the sub-prefecture of State for Protection and Civil Defence, 11 people died from the effects of the cyclone”, indicated in a press release the government of the state of Rio Grande du Sud, bordering Uruguay and Argentina. The governor of the state, Eduardo Leite, went on Saturday by helicopter to the hardest hit areas, accompanied in particular by relief workers. In Caraa, a community center has been transformed into a hostel to accommodate the hundreds of victims. In prevention, hundreds of inhabitants had been evacuated from risk areas. A total of 2,330 saw their homes damaged.

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