The national government sent rescue teams through the Ministry of Citizenship to help local forces rescue the population in the south and west of the state of Bahia.
The storm also affected regions of Ilheus, one of the most important summer tourist spots in the state of Bahia, with evacuated resorts and private neighborhoods.
As reported by the Civil Defense and the police, the number of deaths rose with the discovery of two people who were missing in the municipality of Itabuna, one of the most affected.
The situation is of maximum alert in Salvador, the first capital of Brazil and one of the most important economic and tourist centers of the country, since the worst rains in the last 32 years are being registered in December;
Specialists consulted by the local press avoided linking this tragedy with out-of-season and predictable rains with the effects of climate change, according to the Bandeirantes chain.
“It is the biggest climate disaster to have occurred in Bahia,” said Governor Rui Costa, of the opposition Workers Party.
The leader of the PT and favorite in the elections next year, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, asked today on social networks that the Armed Forces should be sent by the national government to participate in the rescue and reconstruction tasks of the municipalities beaten.
It is in this context that several analysts began to criticize Bolsonaro’s decision to keep his New Year’s holidays in Santa Catarina, after having spent a week in Guarujá, state of San Pablo, where he was seen riding a jet ski, yachts and walk with dozens of followers on the beaches and streets.
Several states sent equipment such as helicopters and firefighters to assist in the rescues.
The adverse weather situation will continue until Wednesday, according to the meteorological service, while in more than twenty municipalities the electricity supply and drinking water were stopped.
Source From: Ambito
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