The downpour in the mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro comes more than a month after the storm that left 233 dead and four missing in.
A bill sent to the Petrópolis City Council proposes tax exemption for properties rented by beneficiaries, as well as exemption from the garbage collection fee.
Twenty-five schools are open to welcome people who need shelter. The has city declared a state of public calamity and mourning for three days.
The storm that whipped through all of Rio de Janeiro state yesterday (Feb. 6), with gushes of wind of up o 110 km/h, claimed the lives of at least five people.
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