Current:Home > MarketsFierce storm in southern Brazil kills at least 21 people and displaces more than 1,600-LoTradeCoin
Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills at least 21 people and displaces more than 1,600
View Date:2024-12-24 20:10:20
SAO PAULO (AP) — At least 21 people died in southern Brazil due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities, authorities said Tuesday.
Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Eduardo Leite said the death toll is the state’s highest due to a climate event. He said about 60 cities had been battered by the storm, which was classified as an extratropical cyclone.
Leite said 15 of the deaths occurred in one house in Mucum, a city of about 50,000 residents.
The Rio Grande do Sul state government said it had recorded 1,650 people made homeless since Monday night.
TV footage showed familes on the top of their houses pleading for help as rivers overflowed their banks.
The city hall at Mucum recommended that residents seek out supplies to meet their needs for the next 72 hours.
The governor said one of the dead was a woman who was swept away during a rescue attempt.
“I regret the death of a woman in a rescue attempt over the Taquari river,” Leite said in his social media channels. “The wire broke, she and a rescuer fell. Unfortunately the woman did not survive and the rescuer is seriously injured.”
Rio Grande do Sul was hit by another extratropical cyclone in June, which killed 16 people and caused destruction in 40 cities, many of those around state capital of Porto Alegre.
veryGood! (959)
Related
- Catholic bishops urged to boldly share church teachings — even unpopular ones
- Internet service cost too high? Look up your address to see if you're overpaying
- Wait — did we really need to raise rates?
- EU faces deadline on extending Ukrainian grain ban as countries threaten to pass their own
- Advocacy group sues Tennessee over racial requirements for medical boards
- Mexico's Independence Day is almost here. No, it's not on Cinco de Mayo.
- 'One assault is too many': Attorneys for South Carolina inmate raped repeatedly in jail, speak out
- In a court filing, a Tennessee couple fights allegations that they got rich off Michael Oher
- A crowd of strangers brought 613 cakes and then set out to eat them
- Why Demi Lovato Felt She Was in Walking Coma Years After Her Near-Fatal 2018 Overdose
Ranking
- Miami Marlins hiring Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough as manager
- Anitta Shares She Had a Cancer Scare Amid Months-Long Hospitalization
- Five restaurants in Colorado earn Michelin Guide stars, highest accolade in culinary world
- Up First briefing: UAW strike; Birmingham church bombing anniversary; NPR news quiz
- Chrysler recalls over 200k Jeep, Dodge vehicles over antilock-brake system: See affected models
- Thailand’s opposition Move Forward party to pick new leader as its embattled chief steps down
- After attacks, British prime minister says American XL Bully dogs are dangerous and will be banned
- Dominican Republic to close all borders despite push to resolve diplomatic crisis
Recommendation
-
Barbora Krejcikova calls out 'unprofessional' remarks about her appearance
-
'Look how big it is!': Watch as alligator pursues screaming children in Texas
-
Artworks believed stolen during Holocaust seized from museums in 3 states
-
Before Danelo Cavalcante, a manhunt in the '90s had Pennsylvania on edge
-
Georgia public universities and colleges see enrollment rise by 6%
-
Water bead recall: 1 death, 1 injury linked to toy kits sold at Target
-
Baby and dog die after being left in car for 6 hours in Virginia, sheriff says; woman arrested
-
Former North Carolina Sen. Lauch Faircloth dies at 95