Brazil: Rain Kills
Two, Paralyzes Main City
BRASILIA - The heavy rain on early Thursday
in Sao Paulo caused at least two deaths and
brought the main Brazilian city to a halt
and its inhabitants are protesting against a
lack of official precaution.
According to the Fire Department of Sao
Paulo, an old man died when his house
collapsed as a result of a landslide on
Rifaina street, in Anglo Brasileria Villa,
in the city's western area.
Firefighters are trying to rescue a couple
that was buried after a landslide in Grajau
neighborhood, southern area of the city,
where a minor was rescued and taken to the
hospital but died of serious wounds. Four
other people were rescued alive.
The rain caused floods in 12 spots and three
of them are impassable and have the city
practically paralyzed, according to the
Emergency Management Center of Sao Paulo
Prefecture.
A group of demonstrators burned a bus in the
city's southern area and blocked Dona
Belmira Marin Avenue, protesting the lack of
official precaution.
Reports of rescue agencies referred to the
death of more than 50 people from Sao Paulo,
due to torrential rains in the summer season
in the so-called economic capital of Brazil. |
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