Heavy rains in Brazil have caused severe flood, killing 65 and leaving 43,000 people homeless. Authorities have actively been sending aids to affected areas, particularly, to Santa Catarina which has been deemed the worst. With the constant heavy downpour, regions are experiencing landslides, in terms destroying houses and roads. Emergency workers could only deliver helps via helicoptors or boats, due to blocked roads. To make matter worst, a total of 160,000 residents in 8 separate towns now lived without electricity.
State of emergency has since been declared across affected areas, with attention focusing on Santa Catarina. Towns within Santa Catarina, Blumenau and Ilhota, 13 and 15 deaths reported respectively. Santa Catarina Governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira commented that landslides were almost the main cause of deaths, burying people in their own homes. Thus far, a million people has already been affected by the floods, while pipelines carrying natural gas to Santa Catarina were also affected.
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