ITABUNA - The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday (Dec 27), as the governor of Bahia state declared it the worst disaster in the state's history and rescuers braced for more rain in the coming days. Much of Bahia, home to about 15 million people, has suffered from intermittent flooding for weeks, after a.
The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday, as the governor of Bahia state declared it the worst disaster in the state's history and rescuers braced for more rain in the coming days.
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Brazilian government has allocated 200 million reais ($35.5 million) in disaster relief funds to northeastern Brazil, where 20 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced amid severe flooding, according to a Tuesday presidential decree.