{"id":1518,"date":"2024-05-06T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2024-05-06T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T06:51:00","slug":"death-toll-mounts-to-75-in-brazil-floods-over-100-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/death-toll-mounts-to-75-in-brazil-floods-over-100-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll mounts to 75 in Brazil floods, over 100 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The death toll has risen to 75 in Brazil floods, as the calamity continues to wreak havoc in the country&#8217;s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, Al Jazeera reported. Another 103 people are reportedly missing, the local authorities have said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 88,000 people were displaced from their homes as a result of the rains, according to state civil defence authorities on Sunday. Approximately 16,000 people sought refuge in schools, gyms, and other temporary shelters.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, state Governor Eduardo Leite said on Sunday morning, &#8220;I repeat and insist: the devastation to which we are being subjected is unprecedented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also visited Rio Grande do Sul for a second time on Sunday, accompanied by Defence Minister Jose Mucio, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and Environment Minister Marina Silva, among others, according to Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>The leader and his team surveyed the flooded streets of the state capital, Porto Alegre, from a helicopter.<br \/>\nRescue operations are underway as emergency responders race against time to locate survivors trapped amidst the debris of collapsed homes, bridges, and roads.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in water levels in the state of Rio Grande do Sul is straining dams and threatening the metropolis of Porto Alegre, the country&#8217;s civil defence agency said, according to Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Eduardo Leite declared a state of emergency as the region grapples with the aftermath of the catastrophic weather event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are dealing with the worst disaster in [our] history,&#8221; Governor Leite lamented, acknowledging the grim reality that the death toll is expected to rise further as rescue efforts continue.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters have issued warnings of further peril, as the state&#8217;s main Guaiba river is anticipated to reach alarming levels, exacerbating the existing crisis. Entire communities have been cut off, with infrastructure severely compromised by the relentless downpour.<\/p>\n<p>The dire situation has prompted authorities to urge residents to evacuate from high-risk areas near rivers and hillsides susceptible to mudslides. Access to basic amenities such as drinking water has been disrupted, leaving hundreds of thousands without essential services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll has risen to 75 in Brazil floods, as the calamity continues to wreak havoc in the country&#8217;s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, Al Jazeera reported. Another 103 people are reportedly missing, the local authorities have said. More than 88,000 people were displaced from their homes as a result of the rains, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions\/1520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}