Aerial view shows a flooded area of Capela de Santana, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 2, 2024. /CFP
Aerial view shows a flooded area of Capela de Santana, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 2, 2024. /CFP
Heavy rains battering Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have not been accounted for.
Rio Grande do Sul’s civil defense authority said 68 people were still missing and at least 24,000 had been displaced as the storms affected more than half of the 497 cities in the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina.
Source(s): Reuters