Up to 640 dead in Brazil whilee
Up to 640 dead in Brazil while continuing the rescue. (Updates death toll in last bulletin Civil Dnce)
Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 17 () .- The number of deaths by punishing rains since last week the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro amounts to 640, according to a new ticket n Civil Dnce released by today, the sixth day of the rescue.
Sunday's rains caused three deaths in Brejal (Petrpolis), and new landslides that blocked some roads and difficult, sto energy credits , tasks of search, which continued throughout the morning in Terespolis and New Fribourg.
The vast majority of the victims died due to landslides in the early hours of last Wednesdays, when tons of earth, rocks and mud buried hundreds of houses built in the foothills of the mountains.
According to the new bulletin of the Civil Dnce rescue teams have so far found 294 corpses, global agenda credits, in New Friburgo, 271 Terespolis, 56 and 19 in Sumidouro Petrpolis.
While the Civil Dnce has no reliable figures on the number of missing complaint points installed by the different municipalities have a list of 133 people an are sought by their relatives.
According to Civil Dnse, at least 6,050 people lost their homes and other 7,780 had to abandon temporarily shelter in gymnasiums and public schools, mortal gold, because estn located in areas of risk.
Rescue operations began to be coordinated from the weekend by the armed forces, which mounted an area base of operations in the Granja Comary, the training camp of the selection of football in Teres Brasilea polis.
From this base there are six military helicopters used for rescuing people in an isolated areas.
Although the morning, fallen earth power leveling, of Monday, no record of rain bean in the region, the Meteorlogical Prevnar that rainfall in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro proseguirn by at least until next Thursday.
The Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral, declared Sunday a state of emergency public in the seven most affected municipalities to facilitate the reconstruction of these cities.
The exceptional state for a term governing initial 180 das in the boroughs of New Fribourg, Terespolis, Petrpolis, Bom Jardim, Sao Jos do Vale do Ro Preto, Sumidouro and Areal.
The move was aimed at facilitating the work of reconstruction of infrastructure and houses destroyed by the rains, as it allows contracting companies, workers and purchase books and materials without opening tenders saltndose audience and other bureaucratic obstacles policies.
In addition to the rescue, the authorities also strive to restore all public service since then continues many areas without power for electricity, water and phones.