The heavy rains of recent days in Brazil have affected thousands of people in at least five states in the Brazilian Amazon, in the northern region of the country, local media reported Saturday.
The heavy rains hit the states of Tocantins, Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará and Acre, the latter of which was hardest hit, with more than 2,500 people evacuated from their homes in the regional capital, Rio Branco, according to the Civil Defense.
According to official figures, more than 75% of precipitation fell in Rio Branco between Thursday and Saturday than expected for the entire month of March.
This has caused the rivers that criss-cross the city to burst their banks, causing damage in dozens of neighborhoods. There are currently no reports of injuries or missing persons.
In Marabá, Pará state, another 1,800 people had to leave their homes because of the rain, according to the G1 portal.
In Rondônia, rivers flooded a group of indigenous villages in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau reserve.
Two weeks ago, a landslide, also triggered by another storm, killed eight people in the city of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state.
Less than a month ago, another storm off the coast of São Paulo state caused at least 65 deaths, including 64 in the city of São Sebastião and one in Ubatuba.
Source: DN
