As many as 2,214 households have been affected by the rainstorms in Rio Grande do Sul, the Emergency Management Service reported today (Dec. 28). A total of 1,964 households were displaced. The storms hit forty municipalities.
The mayor of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, declared a state of emergency in the city on Sunday (Oct. 18) following the local catastrophe Wednesday (14) caused by the heavy rains that have swept Brazil's southernmost state since the beginning of last week.