Video: floods, landslides and more than 30 deaths in Brazil

Heavy rains that have hit northern Brazil since Tuesday have caused the deaths of 33 people, of which 28 have died in the past 24 hours.

According to local authorities, most of the victims this Saturday died due to a large landslides occurred in the metropolitan region of Recife, the most affected.

The collapse occurred in the Jardim Monteverde community early this morning, in which 19 people died.

Another similar event took place in the municipality of Camaragibe, where six others died earlier this weekend. Moreover, two died in Recife and another in Jaboatao dos Guararapes.

“In the last 24 hours, 28 deaths have been registered. In the storm on Tuesday, another five deaths occurred,” Civil Defense reported in a statement.

According to the local press, of the remaining five, four were in Olinda, three were buried by the landslide and one after falling into the canal.

In this sense, they pointed out that the number of victims could continue to grow in the coming hours in different parts of the region, where firefighters continue to carry out rescue activities, after landslides. of land and various floods formed.

The heavy rains also left more than 900 people homeless in their homes as a result of the storm’s consequences.

Through social networks, many users have shared videos showing part of the disaster that occurred five days ago in the north of the country. In them can be seen wide roads that have been flooded in some municipalities, houses collapsing and landslides of hills.

The storm in Brazil

Landslides, landslides and flooding were the result of heavy rains that have affected the country since Tuesday night, when the first storms began in the area.

The most critical moment of the storm occurred between Friday night and Saturday morning, when the strength of the rain reached 236 millimeters in some parts of the capital Pernambuco.

Brazilian authorities announced that this equates to more than 70% of the forecast for the entire month of May in the city.