The number of victims of floods in Brazil increased to 57 people, thousands had to be displaced

This is information announced by the Brazilian Government on May 29.

It is the fourth major flood in the past five months, underscoring a lack of urban planning in low-income neighborhoods across Brazil, where slums are often built on easily accessible hillsides. collapsed. Meanwhile, scientists are beginning to question whether unusual rainfall cycles in Latin America’s largest country could be the result of climate change.

As of the afternoon of May 29, 56 people had died in the northeastern state of Pernambuco and one in the neighboring state of Alagoas, according to a notice posted on Twitter by Brazil’s Federal Civil Defense Agency, the governing body. state of emergency in this country. Another 56 people in Pernambuco state are missing.

More than 6,000 people have gone to government-designated relief sites and more than 7,000 are staying with friends or relatives, according to Brazil’s Federal Civil Defense Agency.

In a post on Twitter, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he would arrive in Recife, the capital of the hard-hit Pernambuco state, on the morning of May 30.

“The government is ready, from the very beginning, all means, including the armed forces, to help those affected,” Bolsonaro wrote.

In late December 2021 and early January 2022, dozens of people were killed and tens of thousands of people were displaced when rains hit the state of Bahia, also in the northeastern region of Brazil. At least 18 people died in floods in southeastern Sao Paulo state in late January. In February, torrential rains in Rio de Janeiro state killed more than 230 people.

Severe landslides and floods caused by heavy rains caused heavy damage in Brazil. (Photo: Reuters)