More than thirty people have died because of the heavy rains and floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, according to state governor Eduardo Leite on Wednesday.
Leite went to the place affected by the disaster on Wednesday morning. He promised on social media that they will do whatever it takes to rebuild the homes and infrastructure that got destroyed by the flooding.
The storm will keep affecting the area for the rest of the week.
According to a news source from CNN in Brazil, the heavy rains this week are the most severe natural disaster the state has had in 40 years.
The Brazilian weather expert Dr. Maria Clara Sassaki said to CNN Brasil that in just one week, the state received the same amount of rain that was expected for the whole month of September.
This week’s heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul are the fourth time extreme weather has happened in the past three months, says Leite.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Social Development (MDS) announced that around 50 cities in the southern states have been affected. Almost 80% of Muçum city in Rio Grande do Sul is currently underwater.
On Wednesday, the local authorities warned people about the possibility of a flood around the Jacuí River and the Jacuí Delta.
“The situation is very serious,” MDS Minister Wellington Dias said on X, which is the new name for Twitter.
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Brazilian flood results in 31 fatalities
