Las record rains recorded in the last hours in the southeast of Brazil They caused the death of at least 23 people, while dozens are missing and more than 400 had to leave their homes.
In the region of Juiz de Fora So far 16 deaths have been recorded and 7 in the Ubáin the state of Minas Gerais, according to the latest balance sheet on Tuesday.
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The natural phenomenon caused overflow of a river, floodslandslides and impressive landslides of buildings that were recorded in videos taken by neighbors.
The storm began on Monday afternoon, in a region of valleys near the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Mayor Salomao warned in a video message that “The neighborhoods are isolated and the situation is “extrema”with at least 20 landslides recorded.
Some residents make efforts to rescue their relatives, while the body of Firefighters from Minas Gerais searches for ‘dozens’ of missing people.
“We pray to God to find (the victims) alive, we fight for that,” he said. Valtencir Coutinhovolunteer in rescues and father of a 6-year-old girl buried under rubble.
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The authorities suspended classes in all municipal schools.
The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recognized the state of calamity in Juiz de Fora, decreed in the early morning by the mayor Margarida Salomao in the face of the “very serious situation.”
Lula put in “high alert” to the national civil defense and sent reinforcements to the region for rescue work, as published in X.
According to Salomao, it has been the wettest February in history of this municipality of about 540 thousand inhabitants, with 584 millimeters of accumulated water.
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