Brazil Cyclone: Intense storm, floods and landslides Kill several people in Southern Brazil

Brazil Cyclone: Intense storm, floods and landslides Kill several people in Southern Brazil

Brazil has become the latest country to face the nature’s fury.

Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil.

Officials have warned that more floods may be coming very soon in several other parts of the country.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said that the federal government is ready to help and to provide any sort of assistance that would be needed to rebuild communities.

More than 3,700 people were also forced from their homes by the storms, which started on Monday, dumping hail and more than 30cm of rain on the state in less than 24 hours and triggering floods and landslides.

In Mucum, a small town of 5,000 people, hundreds had to be rescued from their rooftops as the Taquari river flooded more than 85 per cent of the city.

Rescuers had to use helicopters to reach isolated areas cut off by flooding.

Hundreds of people in the state are still without contact.

The severe weather, which began Monday, led to significant damage, with over 6,000 people displaced from their homes due to intense rain, landslides, and flooding.

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