- Title: Drone shows scale of flood devastation in southern Brazil
- Date: 6th May 2024
- Summary: CANOAS, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL (MAY 06, 2024) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE VIEW OF CITY UNDER WATER (MUTE) DRONE VIEW OF FLAGPOLE PARTLY UNDER WATER (MUTE) DRONE VIEW OF CITY UNDER WATER (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE VIEWS OF SUBMERGED CARS (MUTE) DRONE VIEWS OF FLOODED STREETS (MUTE) RESIDENTS LOOKING AT WATER STREET NEAR SUPERMARKET WITH WATER VARIOUS OF RESIDENT AND FLOODS’ VICT
- Embargoed: 20th May 2024 14:50
- Keywords: Brazil Disaster Flood Rain Victim
- Location: CANOAS, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
- City: CANOAS, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA001033806052024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Residents of a flooded city in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul on Monday (May 6) faced the huge scale of devastation in the region as the death toll climbed to 83 people with more than a hundred still missing, according to authorities.
Flooding from storms has destroyed roads and bridges in several cities while triggering landslides and the partial collapse of a dam at a small hydroelectric power plant.
In the city of Canoas, floods have affected nearly 150,000 residents, almost half of the city’s population of 347,000, local media reported on Saturday (May 4).
On Monday, residents watched the water in the streets and drew on inflatable boats to move around the city.
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