The balance released by the government of Rio Grande do Sul this Monday morning (06) shows that the number of deaths due to the heavy rains that hit the state since the beginning of last week rose to 83. In addition, four deaths are under investigation. In total, 111 people are missing and 276 are injured.
According to the numbers, more than 850,000 people were affected in 345 municipalities in the state. There are already 121,957 homeless and 19,368 in shelters.
The National Secretariat for Protection and Civil Defense of the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development issued a new ordinance, published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette of the Union, this Sunday (6), changing the previous act and expanding the recognition of the state of calamity to 336 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul. public due to the intense rains that hit the region.
See where the confirmed deaths occurred:
- Bento Gonçalves (3)
- Boa Vista do Sul (2)
- Good Principle (1)
- Cinnamon (2)
- Canoes (1)
- Santana Chapel (1)
- Captain (1)
- Caxias do Sul (5)
- Cruzeiro do Sul (8)
- Enchanted (2)
- Farroupilha (1)
- Fork (2)
- Lawn (7)
- Itaara (1)
- Lajeado (5)
- Montenegro (1)
- Pantano Grande (1)
- Paverama (2)
- Pinhal Grande (1)
- Porto Alegre (2)
- Putinga (1)
- Roca Sales (2)
- Salvador do Sul (2)
- Santa Cruz do Sul (2)
- Santa Maria (5)
- São João do Polêsine (1)
- São Leopoldo (1)
- Saint Wendelin (2)
- Secret (1)
- Serafina Corrêa (2)
- Silveira Martins (1)
- Sinimbu (1)
- Taquara (2)
- Three Crowns (1)
- Valley of the Sun (1)
- Venâncio Aires (3)
- Vera Cruz (1)
- Veranópolis (5)
Teams take advantage of truce:
The main concern of the relief teams is to take advantage of the respite in the rains to rescue victims who were isolated due to the flooding. The volume of water has decreased in most interior cities. In Lajeado, it was possible to observe the damage caused by the Taquari flood, which practically consumed the Governador Leonel de Moura Brizola highway (Br-386), which connects Lajeado to the municipality of Estrela.
The Southern Military Command (CMS) reported that the weather forecast is for a window of good weather in most of the state between this Sunday (5) and next Tuesday (7), which is considered “good news” .
According to military personnel at a press conference in Porto Alegre, there should be rain this Monday (6) only in the extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul.
Source: CNN Brasil
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