Sao Paulo: According to big news from abroad, at least 26 people have died due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the coastal areas of Southeast Brazil. Relief and rescue work is still going on. News agency Reuters has given this information in this regard.
Public life was completely disrupted
Be aware that heavy rains have caused havoc in Brazil. Due to this, the life of the common people here has become completely busy. At the same time, people are being taken to safe places.
The cities of São Sebastião, Ubatuba, Ilhabela, and Bertioga were among some of the worst affected areas. There is a state of disaster here, in view of which they have canceled their carnival festival. At the same time, rescue teams are searching for the missing, injured, and people buried in the debris. Sao Sebastiao’s mayor, Felipe Augusto, said: “Our rescuers are unable to reach many places, it is a chaotic situation.” He told that dozens of people have been killed and more than 50 houses have collapsed due to the landslide.
Many displaced
Heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in coastal areas of Brazil’s southeast, killing 24 people and displacing hundreds, media reports said on Sunday, citing local security officials and administration. went. The Sao Paulo state government confirmed 19 deaths and 566 displaced or homeless after more than 600 millimeters (23.62 inches) of rain lashed the coast of Brazil’s richest state.
Here, according to the weather forecast, heavy rains will continue in the coastal region of Sao Paulo, due to which the death toll may increase even more. The state of São Paulo declared a 180-day state of disaster for 6 cities in what experts also described as an unprecedented and extreme weather event.
Rescuers searching for victims
Several rescue workers are searching for displaced victims here after the incident. At the same time, countless tourists who came for the carnival celebrations in Brazil are also trapped here due to this terrible landslide.
The President will visit the main affected areas
Operations at Latin America’s largest port of Santos were disrupted on Saturday amid wind gusts of more than 55 kilometers per minute (34.18 mph) and waves more than a meter high, according to local media on the matter. Along with this, it is also reported that after this terrible disaster, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on his social media account that he will personally visit the main affected areas today i.e. on Monday.
