Monday, April 25, 2011

Brazil .- EUR 12 deaths due to the rains in southern Brazil

BRASILIA, 25 Abr. The death toll due to rains in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Iraq has risen to 12, according to an updated official figures also raised to 36,500 the number of victims. The most serious incident took place early Saturday when seven people died because of a landslide occurred in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, Brazil Agency reported.

Another three people have died in Harmburgo Novo, while in the towns of Sapucaia do Sul and Vila Nova Fazenda two people have died. Since the beginning of April, a total of 23 prefectures have declared the emergency, while ten cities have asked the Civil Defense disaster area declaration.

A personal injury adds further destroying dozens of homes in the state and more than 64,000 people were without power Sunday following the storm. In January, the floods and landslides devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro and killed over 800 people, in what was the second worst natural disaster in U.S.

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