"The city of 1.3 million inhabitants has been almost totally cut off by the floods.
An estimated 80% of its population do not have access to running water after five of the city's six water treatment plants ceased working." #Brazil#disaster#PortoAlegre#flooding
Praying for the people during such hard times. Flood has caused a lot of casualties in Brazil.
Nearly 400 municipalities have been affected by the worst natural calamity ever to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with hundreds of people injured and 160,000 forced from their homes.
Seventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday. The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking...
Massive flood disaster in Brazil today with water rescues. The people standing on this building appear to have been swept downstream in later frames of this video... #Brazil#flood#disaster#RioGrandeoSul#ExtremeWeather
Troi: Although my field of study is psychology, my chosen career requires extensive space travel.
Also Troi: I know almost nothing about space. #AllStarTrek#StarTrekTNG#Disaster
Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing (www.theguardian.com)
Seventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday. The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking...