More than 1,000 people have been forced to leave their homes because of the flooding in Pernambuco, civil defense officials said.
A woman stands on a bus stop bench as a driver of a Volkswagen van navigates a flooded street in Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, Saturday, May 28, 2022. , authorities said. In Alagoas, another state in the region, two people died when they were swept away in river flooding on Friday.
The executive secretary of the civil defense agency in Pernambuco, Lt. Col. Leonardo Rodrigues, said in a video posted on Instagram that about 32,000 families live in areas at risk of landslides or flooding in the state.In Alagoas, the state government said 33 municipalities have declared an emergency due to the effects of the heavy rains in the past several days.
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Twitter that teams from the Ministry of Regional Development and the Armed Forces will be sent to the state and also to Alagoas for “relief and humanitarian assistance."
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