The rescue team is not able to reach several locations due to chaotic situation. Nearly 50 residents collapse and are still burried under.
Digital Desk: The Governor of Sau Paulo declares emergency in five coastal towns, rain unleashes deadly flood and landslides
Heavy rain in coastal areas of Brazil’s southeast has caused flooding and landslides that killed 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to the statement from Sau Paulo state authorities
In Sau Paulo state, video footage and images from television and social media of the state on Sunday shows the entire neighbourhood underwater, from hillside houses swept away by mud and raising the prospects of higher death tolls. The weather forecast shows heavy rains will continue in the state challenging the civil defence and rescue department.
Sao Paulo state Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, declared a state of emergency in five towns along the coast. His government said 566 people had been displaced or made homeless.
The rescue team is not able to reach several locations due to chaotic situation. Nearly 50 residents collapse and are still burried under.
Roads remain blocked, trapping some tourists who had travelled for BRAZILS carnival celebrations.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was spending carnival in Bahia state in Brazil's northeast, is set to visit the main affected areas on Monday, his office said.
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