The number of victims of the storm in Brazil increased to at least 100 people

This is information provided by the authorities Brazil issued on May 31, as emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors.

Battle mudslide buried many homes in nearby areas including Jardim Monteverde, a poor community outside Recife. Locals likened the rushing mud flood to a tsunami.

Local rescue teams found dozens of buried bodies after flooded flood water surrounding areas on May 28 and is expected to continue to find more deaths.

At least 14 people are still missing, the Pernambuco state disaster management agency said. It is the latest in a series of deadly weather disasters to hit the country in recent months.

Rescue and emergency services are using dogs trained to sniff out people and using planes to locate missing people.

At least 24 cities in Pernambuco have declared a state of emergency and more than 6,000 people have been left homeless or forced to flee.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted a video on Twitter on May 30 showing him flying in a helicopter over the disaster zone, where brown floodwaters flooded large areas and muddy hillsides where there used to be houses.

“I tried to land, but the pilots’ warning was that due to unstable ground conditions, we could have an accident. So we decided not to land,” Bolsonaro said in a statement. a press conference.

Chain flood horrors in Brazil have left hundreds dead in recent months. Experts say that the flood situation in Brazil is increasingly aggravated by climate change.

Rain started last week and intensified over the weekend. During the night of May 27 to May 28, rainfall in some areas of Pernambuco state reached 70% of the average rainfall in the whole of May every year.

Weather-related tragedies are becoming a familiar scenario in Brazil. Flooding tends to be strongest in poor neighborhoods, especially hillside slums.

In February 2022, 233 people were killed in floods and landslides southeast of the city of Petropolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

In January, torrential rains claimed the lives of at least 28 people in southeastern Brazil, mainly in the state of Sao Paulo.

Floods cause serious damage in the northeastern region of Brazil. (Photo: AP)

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