EMERGENCY OPERATION. A man walks through a street covered with mud and debris after a cyclone in Muçum, Rio Grande
do Sul State, Brazil on Thursday. The death toll from a cyclone that unleashed torrential rain and flooding rose to at least 36, authorities said, as the region braced for more violent weather. AFP
“The water rose so fast, I didn’t even have time to take anything with me. I lost everything,” said Paulo Roberto Neto Vargas, 39, a resident of the hard-hit town of Roca Sales, where emergency workers recovered six bodies. 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.
“I reiterated that the federal government is at the disposal of the people of Rio Grande do Sul to face this crisis,” Lula wrote on X, formerly Twitter. A couple in the town of Ibiraiaras died when their car was swept away by the current as they tried to cross a bridge.
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