The death toll from a cyclone that unleashed torrential rain and flooding on southern Brazil rose to at least 36
With the flood waters forcing some residents to climb onto their roofs, a major emergency operation was underway, with one official saying more than 1,000 people were awaiting rescue.
“There were so many people screaming, calling for help. We’re only alive thanks to God,” he told AFP. Governor Eduardo Leite, who went on a flyover of flood-hit areas, said thousands of people were waiting to be rescued.The governor, who declared a state of emergency, called it the deadliest weather disaster ever to hit Rio Grande do Sul, as hundreds of rescue workers, police and volunteers continued efforts to reach areas cut off by flooding.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he had spoken with the governor and promised his administration’s support. The dead included a 50-year-old woman in the town of Lajeado who was being lifted to safety by rescue workers when the cable holding her broke, plunging her into a flood-swollen river. “These are extreme events, because the amount of energy released is exacerbated by global warming,” she told AFP.
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