Brazil’s president said there had never been more rain in a single location in the history of Brazil.
Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 57 people, with another 67 still missing, the local authorities said, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes.
In the town of Feliz, 80 kilometres from the state capital, Porto Alegre, a massively swollen river swept away a bridge that connected it with the neighbouring city of Linha Nova. “People were making barricades in front of hospitals with sand and gravel. It felt like a horror movie,” she said by phone. Some people in her region were so desperate, she added, that they threw themselves into the water currents.Neumann’s own neighbourhood wasn’t inundated, but has no running water and she hasn’t showered since Tuesday. She said she’s collecting rainwater in a basin to be able to cook. A clothing store she owns in the city’s central area is flooded, she added.
“The first words from Minister Fumio Kishida in the meeting we held were of solidarity with the people of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, who are victims by one of the largest floods we have ever known,” Lula said. “Never before in the history of Brazil had there been such a quantity of rain in one single location.”
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