Brazilian Government to send relief funds to flood-ravaged north-east
Brasilia/Rio de JaneiroReuters The Brazilian Government has allocated 200 million reais ($US35.5 million) in disaster relief funds to north-eastern Brazil, where 20 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced amid severe flooding, according to a Tuesday presidential decree. Brazil’s Bahia state, home to about 15 million people, has suffered from floods for […]
Death toll from Brazil flooding rises in Bahia’s “worst disaster” ever
Itabuna, Brazil Reuters The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday, as the governor of Bahia state declared it the worst disaster in the state’s history and rescuers braced for more rain in the coming days. Much of Bahia, home to about 15 million people, has suffered from intermittent flooding […]
Dams burst in north-eastern Brazil as region hit by floods
Itabuna, BrazilReuters Two dams gave way in the north-eastern Brazilian state of Bahia after weeks of heavy rains, swamping already swollen local rivers as flooding hit towns across the region, authorities said on Sunday. The Igua dam, on the Verruga river near the city of Vitoria da Conquista in southern Bahia, collapsed on Saturday night, […]