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Went up to 13 the number of deaths caused after the storm that hit the Itajaí Valley between the night of this Wednesday (16) and the dawn of Thursday (17). According to a report from the State Civil Defense published around 11 a.m. on Friday (18), a missing person was located in Rio do Sul.
According to the agency, other 11 deaths confirmed in Presidente Getúlio and one in Ibirama. In total, there are eight disappeared, seven in Presidente Getúlio and one in Rio do Sul.
Fire crews continue to search for victims. Eleven dead have already had their identity revealed by the Institute of General Skills (IGP).
In Rio do Sul, the Valada São Paulo neighborhood was one of the most affected by the rain. The body of a man was found in the town and a woman remains missing. – Photo: Maurício Cattani / NSC TV
In a note, the city of Rio do Sul reported that the victim is a resident of the Valada São Paulo neighborhood. It was washed away by the current caused by the flood on Thursday (17). The missing person is a woman, who lives in the same neighborhood.
There are 284 displaced people and 199 homeless in five cities of Santa Catarina: Presidente Getúlio, Ibirama, Rio do Sul and Lontras, in the Itajaí Valley, and Siderópolis, in the south of the state. The largest number of people affected is in Presidente Getúlio, which has 147 homeless people and 137 displaced people.
The meteorological radar that issues alerts for the Itajaí Valley region was not operational at the time of the rain. According to the Civil Defense, however, its inoperability did not affect the alerts that were issued the night of the hurricane.
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According to the director of Civil Defense Risk Management, Felipe Gelain, the alerts were issued from noon on Wednesday. After 6 pm, the announcements were more “incisive.”
“The Lontras radar would help more to see, more or less, the amount of rain, but we already had that amount. Even with the Lontras radar or without the Lontras radar, there was no way to predict that this accumulated rain would happen in no time, ”he said.
Access to the municipality of Presidente Getúlio, which has about 17,000 inhabitants and is located about 80 kilometers from Blumenau, was even blocked by landslides. In the city, the force of the rain washed away houses, cars and gave way to roads. The rivers overflowed and the mud spread through the streets.
Nine people are still missing, according to the state civil defense. Seven of the disappeared belong to President Getúlio, five of them from the same family. There are two missing people in Rio do Sul.
It can still rain a lot and there is a high risk of landslides in the Itajaí Valley. The unstable weather continues in Santa Catarina until at least Sunday (20).
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