Brazilian authorities increased the number to 57 this Friday. dead as a result of floods The events that devastated the country’s coasts last week, after seven more people lost their lives in the last hours. According to ‘Folha de S.Paulo’, 47 victims have been identified so far, 16 male, 16 female and 15 minor, of the total deaths.
Right now More than 4,000 people have been displaced, 1,815 have lost their homes, and dozens are still missing.As confirmed by the official account of the Government of Sao Paulo on their social networks.
The state’s governor, Tacísio de Freitas, lamented the damage caused by heavy rains, which reached more than 600 milliliters of water accumulated in just 24 hours, one of the highest recorded in a shorter time in Brazil.
The region has already declared a state of disaster and this Thursday joined the Brazilian Navy’s largest warship rescue. About 1,400 soldiers and 18 aircraft have been transported to the area, and there are 200 hospital beds on board and an Intensive Care Unit to clear congestion in health facilities in the area.