The heavy rains in Pernambuco have already caused more than 90 deaths until this Monday (30). Thus, according to a survey by the CNN , 479 people have died as a result of storms across Brazil since last year. Rio de Janeiro is the state with the highest number of victims.
Deaths from rains since last year exceed 470 in Brazil
According to a survey of CNN 479 people have died in Brazil since last year as a result of the rains.
So far, Rio de Janeiro is the state with the highest number of victims. Adding the data from the region of Petrópolis and Baixada Fluminense, this year alone, there were 264 deaths from this cause.
Only the South region did not register deaths caused by rain in the period analyzed by the CNN .
After the heavy rains in Pernambuco, which have already caused more than 90 deaths in the last week, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) announced, this Monday (30), the release of R$ 1 billion to assist the victims, restore services essentials and rebuild damaged structures after the storms in the state
Commission validates test carried out in electronic voting machines
In a final report sent this Monday (30) to the President of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Minister Edson Fachin, the Evaluation Committee of the Public Security Test of the Electronic Voting System stated that the results obtained demonstrate “the maturity of the electoral systems”.
The evaluation committee, responsible for this opinion, is considered by the TSE as one of the most important for being responsible for validating the methodology and judgment criteria and evaluating and approving the test results.
Cantareira with lowest level since May 2016
The Cantareira System, the main reservoir in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, operates this Monday (30) at 41.5% of its capacity, the lowest level since May 2016, when it reached 36.9%, according to data from the Companhia de Basic Sanitation of the State of São Paulo (Sabesp).
2016 was the first year of recovery after the water crisis in the region. In 2015, the volume on the same date was negative: – 9.8% – even lower than the 6.8% recorded in 2014.
In this month of May 2022, the rains were below average in the Cantareira region. Until Friday (27), it had only rained 42.24% of the historical average, which corresponds to 31.6 mm, while the average for May is 74.8 mm.
The 12-month IGP-M index returns to below official inflation after 4 years
The IGP-M (General Price Index – Market), from FGV, considered “rent inflation”, has accumulated a high of 10.72% in the last 12 months. As a result, the indicator returns to below the IPCA (Extended Consumer Price Index) for the first time in 48 months.
Since April 2018, the IGP-M has not been below the IPCA in the 12-month period. At the time, rent inflation accumulated a high of 1.89%, while the official inflation indicator in the country, released by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), was accumulated at 2.76% in the period.
Russia cuts gas supply to Dutch company
Russian state-owned company Gazprom announced that it will cut off gas supplies to Dutch company GasTerra on Tuesday. This happens after refusing to pay in rubles, a requirement of Moscow.
GasTerra said it had repeatedly asked Gazprom to fulfill its contractual payment methods and delivery obligations, but to no avail.
The Dutch Energy Minister said on Twitter that “this decision will have no consequences for the physical delivery of gas to Dutch homes”.
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*published by Tiago Tortella, from CNN
Source: CNN Brasil
