He Government offered assistance to Brazil to counteract the effects of tragic floods that affect the south of said country and that, in just days, have already left more than 83 dead, 111 missing and 129,000 displaced.
The Chancellery that drives Diana Mondino announced tonight “your full collaboration” with the Government of Lula da Silva through the assistance of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Security and the White Helmets Commission, with the aim of containing the effects “of the serious floods that occurred in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.”
According to official information, the aid will consist of a brigade of 20 troops and canines from the Argentine Federal Police, logistics experts from the Commission White Helmets, a plane for transporting people and/or cargo, three helicopters for transfer and evacuations and mobile healthcare equipment with health personnel.
Additionally, they will travel tactical divers of the Argentine Navy together with engineers with boats, and they will send two water treatment plants of water and boxes of water purification pills.
Argentina reiterated “its solidarity with the Government and people of lto Federative Republic of Brazil “in the face of the tragic consequences produced by the floods that affect the State of Rio Grande do Sul”.
Floods in southern Brazil: 83 dead, 111 missing and 129,000 displaced
Nails 83 people died, 111 are missing and more than 129,000 had to leave their homes due to torrential rains that overflowed rivers and caused landslides in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to Civil Defense data.
The Brazilian president He traveled to the affected area for the second time on Sunday and this Monday he met with part of his cabinet “to discuss recovery actions” in the state. The president promised that he will expedite the delivery of “all necessary resources“.
“It is a war scenario and it will also have to have a post-war treatment”expressed on Sunday the governor of the state, Eduardo Leite, next to the president Lula da Silva.
The government of Rio Grande do Sul said that they have received donations from all over the country and a collection of around 38 million reais (USD 7.6 million).
Brazil: shortage of drinking water aggravates the consequences of floods
The water supply is interrupted in 70% of Porto Alegre – with almost 1.4 million inhabitants – and its metropolitan region, which has entire towns submerged, such as Canoas, Guaíba and Eldorado.
The mayor of Porto Alegre decreed water rationing only for essential consumption. “We are not finding almost anything on the market. We have been without water for three days now,” lamented Neucir Carmo., 62 years old and resident of the Floresta neighborhood of the city. According to a report from the meteorological site MetSul, The situation is considered “extremely serious for a long period.”
Many affected areas, especially in valleys in the interior of the state, will be “uninhabitable for weeks or months due to the destruction of homes, infrastructure and the collapse of essential public services,” he adds.
He National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) warned by new storms of “great danger” in southern areas of the state, with rain of up to more than 100 mm, winds and possibly hail until midday on Tuesday. In the most affected areas, rain could return from Wednesday.
Porto Alegre, a city founded by Portuguese immigrants in 1772 and located in the middle of a huge watershed, It developed under the influence of its port, which was key to the growth of Brazil, review on your website Andean Development Corporation (CAF). Today that blessing turned into a misfortune.
The governorate of Rio Grande do Sul warned about the danger of more landslides or road collapses, which have already left countless routes cut throughout the state and also in the neighboring state. St. Catarina.
Source: Ambito
