‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands
Al Jazeera
Thousands in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state lack water and electricity as floodwaters inundate entire towns.
Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and more than 130 others are missing.
The state capital of Porto Alegre has been virtually cut off by the flooding, with the airport and bus station closed and main roads blocked.
Reporting from the city on Tuesday afternoon, Al Jazeera’s Latin America editor Lucia Newman said the situation had become “very desperate” as volunteers and rescue crews try to evacuate residents.
“Everywhere you look, people have no water, no electricity. Sewage has, in this part of town which is downtown, completely come up.”
The state’s Civil Defence agency said the death toll has risen to 90 with another four deaths being investigated. Another 131 people are still unaccounted for, and 155,000 are homeless.
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