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Floods in Brazil: the sponsored children were not affected.

has climbed to 335 the death toll of the floods that are ravaging the southeast of Brazil since Tuesday. The cities most affected are three: Teresopolis, 100 km from Rio de Janeiro, where died a total of 146 persons, assistance is hampered by the mud and it was declared a state of emergency, Nova Friburgo where the dead found so far are 155 and Petropolis, where Solidaria is working with the Center Holy Land. Here are 40 victims and the city is accessible only by helicopter.

We proceeded to contact our local representative, Father Diego, who said that children and their families are supported well and also sent an email, below.



President Dilma Rousseff has allocated 780 million dollars for relief efforts in the affected regions. In just over 24 hours, the state of Rio de Janeiro have fallen 84% of the predicted rainfall for the entire month of January: a veritable deluge that caused flooding, mudslides, landslides, with a budget that goes for hours in hours. Thirteen victims even in the State of Sao Paulo. The governor of Rio de Janeiro has asked the government for urgent intervention teams of experts in aid and military aircraft are able to secure the population.

Defense Minister, Nelson Jobim, and despair: "In sometimes resembling a war scenario. What we saw was a desolate landscape, violence caused by water and landslides in the hills, which have made deaths and serious damage to roads, housing and infrastructure in the area. We flew over areas around the municipalities of Petropolis, Teresopolis and Nova Friburgo, we believe that the worst situation is to this center. Many rural areas have remained isolated in Nova Friburgo. In this first phase will focus mainly to give more speed and facilitate the arrival of aid and the reconstruction began . "