Army resumes rescue operations in flooded south Brazil
The Brazilian Army and Navy resumed rescue operations in the capital city of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday (May 24) as a preventive measure after rains intensified this week, causing water levels in the streets to rise.
Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state, undermining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding previously untouched areas in Rio Grande do Sul's capital city, Porto Alegre.
Record flooding over the past month has killed 163 people and displaced around 600,000 more. Another 64 people are still missing.
Rains had lightened up to a drizzle over the past few days, with stores beginning to open and residents working to rebuild. But the skies opened once more on Thursday morning, dumping heavy rains and flooding areas of Porto Alegre all over again. The natural disaster monitoring center reported 100 millimeters of rain in 15 hours in southern Porto Alegre, local media reported.
Earlier this week, the city had asked residents to leave their trash out on the sidewalk to be thrown away. However, the fresh rains carried the trash onto the streets, clogging drains and worsening the flooding.
(Source: Reuters)
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