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Brazil: Flood: 2009/05/07
GLIDE: FL-2009-000089-BRA
| Period | 2009/05/07 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Brazil |
| Event Type | Flood |
| Outline | Rain-induced flooding over large parts of Brazil have killed at least 31 people and left another 500,000 homeless, the government's civil defense agency said Thursday. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
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PAHO 2009/05/29
The heavy floods have resulted in a dam break in Piaui that caused 5 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths due to the floods to 56 and causing 426,886 people to be displaced.
Reuters AlertNet 2009/05/13
Floods and mudslides in northeastern Brazil have killed around 40 people, left hundreds of thousands homeless and devastated swathes of farmland.
CNN.com 2009/05/07
About 270 towns and communities in 10 states have been flooded by swollen rivers. About one-third of the deaths have occurred in Ceara state in the northeastern part of the country, officials said.