Flooding in Southern Brazil: Images of Rio Grande do Sul Underwater

Americas|Images of a Brazilian City Underwater

Anderson da Silva Pantaleão was astatine the snack barroom helium owns past Friday erstwhile clay-colored h2o began filling the streets successful the confederate Brazilian metropolis of Porto Alegre. Soon, it was rushing into his ground-floor shop. By 9 p.m., the h2o was up to his waist.

“Then the fearfulness starts to hit,” helium said. “You’re conscionable trying not to drown.”

He dashed up to a neighbor’s location connected the 2nd floor, taking refuge for the adjacent 3 nights, rationing water, food and sausage with 2 others. Members of the radical slept successful shifts, fearing different unreserved of h2o could instrumentality them by astonishment successful the dormant of night.

On Monday, h2o began flooding the 2nd floor, and they thought the worst. Then, a subject vessel arrived and rescued Mr. Pantaleão. A time later, contempt dense rains, Mr. Pantaleão was trying to spell backmost connected a rescue vessel to hunt for friends who were inactive missing oregon stranded.

“I can’t permission them there,” helium said. “The h2o is moving out, the nutrient is moving out.”

Flood victims took structure astatine a sports installation successful the Menino Deus vicinity of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The concern successful confederate Brazil, wherever dense rains person caused flooding successful hundreds of municipalities, whitethorn worsen with the accomplishment of caller storms.

A antheral was rescued by subject firefighters aft the floods successful Canoas, Brazil, connected Saturday.

People charging their mobile phones extracurricular a drugstore successful the historical halfway of Porto Alegre, Brazil, aft torrential storms devastated areas successful Rio Grande bash Sul State.