Unabated rains and flooding in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state kill 10 more people, with officials saying 17,237 people have been forced out of their homes in months of harsh weather
Of the 853 municipalities in Minas Gerais state, 145 of them are a state of emergency due to the extreme weather, Brazil officials say.
The victims, among them an 11-year-old girl, died on Sunday and Monday due to rains, flooding, and landslides, the State Coordinator of Civil Defense said on Tuesday. "We should not curse the rain or blame nature. To a large extent the effects are due to past mistakes like the disorderly expansion of cities, and the sedimentation and pollution of rivers," he said.Since the rains began at the beginning of October, 19 people have died in the southeastern Brazilian state. Ten more were killed on Saturday when a large rock fragment broke free of a ravine and plunged onto four tourist boats in Furnas Lake.
"We lost everything. My wife and children left the house in a boat," the logistics operator told AFP news agency.
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