Intense rains in southern Brazil leave at least 29 dead, 60 missing

For Governor Eduardo Leite, this is the “worst climatic disaster” ever seen in this border state with Uruguay and Argentina.

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The consequences of torrential rains in Brazil have left at least 29 dead and 60 people are still missing, authorities announced Thursday, May 2. Across the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to which President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised government aid, there are Dantesque scenes: gigantic mudslides, houses and cars drowned as far as the eye can see, evacuations of residents and animals carried out in extremely risky conditions by emergency services.

For Governor Eduardo Leite, it is about “worst climate disaster” never seen before in this border state with Uruguay and Argentina. “I want to deeply deplore all the lives lost. There are 29 deaths recorded currently, and with the deepest pain I know there will be more”he declared at the end of the day.

L’“state of public calamity” was declared Wednesday evening in Rio Grande do Sul, affected for several days by devastating storms and thunderstorms. More than 600 soldiers were to be sent as reinforcements for relief operations and the distribution of food to the victims. Accompanied in particular by the Minister of the Environment Marina Silva, the Brazilian president assured that the federal government was mobilized “100%” For “reduce the suffering due to this extreme natural event”.