Via Leonardo Rocha & Jaroslav LukivBBC News1 hour agoImage caption, The municipality of Encantado has became a river, as citizens were desperately looking to transfer to raised groundA hydroelectric dam has collapsed in southern Brazil after days of heavy rains that caused large flooding, killing greater than 30 other folks. Officers say some other 60 individuals are lacking in Rio Grande do Sul state.About 15,000 citizens have fled their houses since Saturday. A minimum of 500,000 individuals are with out energy and blank water around the state. The burst dam caused a two-metre (6.6ft) wave, inflicting panic and additional harm within the already flooded spaces. The dam is situated between the municipality of Cotiporã and the town of Bento Gonçalves.The extraordinary climate has been led to via a unprecedented aggregate of warmer than reasonable temperatures, top humidity and robust winds.Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has visited the area, promising lend a hand from the central govt.Previous, state Governor Eduardo Leite pleaded for pressing help, pronouncing that “we want to rescue masses of other folks in dozens of municipalities”.Helicopters were deployed to seek for stranded other folks.In some spaces, the flooding is so critical that helicopters were not able to land and feature needed to winch citizens to protection.Within the Candelária municipality, citizens took to the roofs in their houses as their properties full of water. Meteorologists have predicted additional rains to fall within the area as a chilly entrance strikes throughout it. Ultimate 12 months, greater than 30 other folks had been killed in a cyclone in Rio Grande do Sul.Brazil’s Nationwide Institute of Meteorology attributed the greater depth and frequency of rainfall to the local weather phenomenon El Niño.
