Efforts continue as heavy rains and flooding in southern Brazil leave at least 100 dead and 128 peop

(8 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 08 May 2024
1. Various aerials of Porto Alegre by the Jacui River and Guaiba Lake shot from a Brazilian Army helicopter
2. Various aerials of flooded neighborhood
3. Various aerials of flooded Gremio Football Club stadium
4. Aerial of a flooded neighborhood

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sao Paulo, Brazil - 08 May 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvaro Silva, Climate scientist at the World Meteorological Organization:
“Climate change is intensifying these extreme events. It intensifies the water cycle and affects the rainfall patterns. This brings more intense rainfall and flooding but also more intense draught in many regions. We see hot extremes have become more frequent and more intense. This is what happens when we have a 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer world than in pre-industrial times.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eldorado do Sul, Brazil - 08 May 2024
6. Aerial over the Guaíba Lake
7. Aerial of flooded neighborhood

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 08 May 2024
8. Displaced families
9. Displaced group eating
10. Set up of Heitor da Silva
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jeniffer Schmitz, 38-years-old, displaced:
“The flood came and took everything. No house, no job, we can just ask for strength. But I believe God is with us.”
12. Displaced people in a warehouse shelter

STORYLINE:
Heavy rains and massive flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul since last week killed at least 100 people and have left 128 people missing, authorities said.

More than 230,000 have been displaced, and the floodwaters have isolated much of the region.

More storms are expected in the state on Wednesday, with hail and wind gusts reaching up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph), according to the National Meteorology Institute's morning bulletin.

A military helicopter flyover of Eldorado do Sul, one of the hardest hit by the floods, showed hundreds of houses submerged, with only their roofs visible.

The city is located beside Porto Alegre, near the center of the state's coastline. 

Eldorado do Sul mayor Ernani de Freitas told local journalists that the city would be totally evacuated and estimated it would take at least a year to recover from the disaster.

In a warehouse in Porto Alegre, the authorities housed neighbors who had to be evacuated.

"The flood came and took everything. No house, no job, we can just ask for strength. But I believe God is with us."
said Jeniffer Schmitz.

A report by the National Confederation of Municipalities estimates damages at 4.6 billion reais ($930 million) in nearly 80% of Rio Grande do Sul's municipalities.

AP Video shot by Lucas Dumphreys

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