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- Heavy rains successful Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul authorities person resulted successful 31 confirmed deaths, pinch nan toll expected to rise.
- More than 70 group stay missing, and astir 17,000 person been displaced.
- The state's civilian defense reported that astir half of its 497 cities person been affected.
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul person killed 31 people, section authorities said connected Friday, and nan decease toll is expected to emergence arsenic dozens still person not been accounted for.
More than 70 group were still missing and astatine slightest 17,000 were displaced successful nan authorities bordering Uruguay and Argentina, which had astir half of its 497 cities affected, according to Rio Grande do Sul's civilian defense.
In respective towns, streets fundamentally turned into rivers, pinch roads and bridges destroyed. The large wind besides triggered landslides and nan partial illness of a reservoir building astatine a mini hydroelectric powerfulness plant.
DEATH TOLL FROM HEAVY RAINS, FLOODING RISES TO 13 IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL
A 2nd reservoir successful nan metropolis of Bento Goncalves is besides astatine consequence of collapsing, authorities said, ordering group who unrecorded adjacent to evacuate.
A drone position shows an area affected by nan floods successful Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, connected May 3, 2024. (REUTERS/Diego Vara)
"It's not conscionable different captious situation; it's astir apt nan astir captious lawsuit nan authorities has ever recorded," Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite said successful a unrecorded broadcast connected societal media connected Thursday.
He added that nan decease toll will apt climb further as authorities person not been capable to entree definite locations.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traveled to nan authorities connected Thursday to sojourn affected locations and talk rescue efforts pinch nan governor.
