subject: The Flood Attackts Brazil Rio De Janerio [print this page] It is said that the death toll from the flood which blasted Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state this week has achieved 537, local agencies said Friday.
Concording to the authorities, the flood is conceived the worst innate cataclysm in Rio's history. It warned the death toll will keep arising, as hundreds of people are reportedly missing, dreaded entombed under the mud and rocks. The access to at least four municipalities is still blocked, making it more hard for deliver workers to reach the victims.
As it can be seen from the news that electrical energy has yet to be restored in thousands of households. Water dispersion and telephone divine service are hardly, and in some areas, communicating is being accomplished by radio. Some 13,000 people had to leave their homes, and about half of those are currently in extemporized protections in schools and gyms. The local mortuaries are entirely full, and occupants gather in front of the buildings, hoping to locate their congeners and friends.
The chaos added to on Friday after a water tower broke in Nova Friburgo. Many residents got scared, and soon there was a rumor that one of the dams in the city had abound, and that actuated people to try to flee. The Rio's Vice-governor Luiz Fernando Pezao said that it was abominable to deal with such a rumor. Many people were sick.
In Sao Jose do Vale do Rio Preto, 53-year-old Ilair Pereira de Souza was delivered by her neighbors with a rope. She did not manage, however, to save her dog, which was bore away by the water. The scene was filmed by a local TV crew and aired on the main news show. It is said that she said I believed I was going to die there. I asked my neighbors not to let me die there.
As we can see from the news that in Nova Friburgo, 25-year-old Wellington da Silva Guimaraes and his six-month-old son Nicolas spent 15 hours below tons of mud and existent before being delivered by firemen. Guimaraes' wife and mother-in-law, however, did not live on.
It is reported that Rio's population accumulated to help the victims of the tragedy. The city's main blood bank is encountering a high number of donors, and is likely to be crowded together on the weekend. Over 120 tons of food and hygienics products have already been sent to the besmirched areas, and several asylums are accumulating clothes and mattresses.
The Brazilian Army sent 400 men to help with the rescue work, and the National private security force sent 225. The Navy and the Fire Department apparatus three field hospitals in Nova Friburgo and Teresopolis. Six Army and two Navy choppers are being used for rescues as well. On Thursday, President Dilma Rousseff visited Nova Friburgo and promised to help the desolate areas.
She released 780 million reais (462 million U.S. dollars) for the Reconstruction Period of the regions damaged by the floods, which include not only the desolate areas in Rio, but also some towns in the neighboring states of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo. At last the rain is carrying on in Rio's mountain region, and is anticipated to last over the weekend.
