The number of flood victims caused by spilling rains in Brazil increased to 84.
As the Civil Defense Department reported, another 111 people are listed in the lists of missing.
Large-scale showers covered the staff of Ri-Grandi-Do-Sul in the south of the country last week.
Search and rescue work is carried out with the participation of personnel of 14.5 thousand people, including from the armed forces of Brazil. 30 aircraft are involved, 182 boats. Until now, 25 people managed to save from the distress zone.
The negative consequences of floods affected 840 thousand people, 121 thousand 957- were forced to leave their homes.
According to local media, more than a million citizens in the disaster zone have difficulty access to essential subjects. In 98 villages there is no power supply and Internet connection.
On May third, the Governor of Eduardo Leita announced an extreme situation lasting 180 days.
“We are experiencing an extremely exceptional situation. This is not a critical event, but the most destructive in the history of the state,” said the governor.
Brazilian President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva, who twice visited the disaster area, promised that the authorities would restore the region.