Sao Paulo-Sana
Fifty-four people have been killed and thirty others are missing as a result of floods and landslides caused by torrential rains in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil.
And the news agency AFP quoted the Brazilian local authorities as saying: that within 24 hours, more than 680 mm of rain fell in the city of Sao Sebastiao, more than double the monthly rate of precipitation in the coastal city of 90,000 people, located about 200 kilometers away. From São Paulo, the country's economic capital.
In turn, the office of the governor of the state of Sao Paulo said: “Currently, we confirm the death of 54 people” in the disaster, including children and women, while rescue teams continue to search for about 30 people who are still missing, pointing out that the landslide swept about fifty homes, where About four thousand people had to leave their homes because of the disaster.
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