2009 Brazilian floods and mudslides

Natural disaster in Brazil January 2016 Flooded church Enchente em Trizidela do Vale (MA) 3.jpg 2009 Brazilian floods and mudslides April–May 2009 Northeastern Brazil 44 Estimates at £1 billion The 2009 Brazilian floods and mudslides were a severe natural disaster principally affecting five northeastern states of Brazil. As a result of heavy rains, fourteen people were reported dead over a period of one month and at least 62,600 others had been left homeless as of 2 May 2009. Nineteen people were dead by 5 May 2009, with a significant increase in homeless people being reported, estimated at 186,000. The death toll by 8 May was thirty-nine and 270,000 people were reported homeless. The state of Santa Catarina in the South of the country was also been damaged. A total of seven states were affected across the country. Maranhão was the worst affected state, with at least six deaths and at least 40,700 homeless people occupying shelters.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilY_qkKl2-BGIiWlR2wcN2DCykcAD97U9JJ00 Brazil: At least 60K homeless, 14 dead from floods 2009-05-02 2009-05-02 Associated Press via Google https://web.archive.org/web/20090509211343/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilY_qkKl2-BGIiWlR2wcN2DCykcAD97U9JJ00 9 May 2009 dead The Amazon River Basin suffered its second-heaviest flood in one hundred years during this period. These are already the worst floods Brazil has experienced in over twenty years. Reconstruction from the floods and mudslides are expected to take 3–5 years. Developments Heavy rain in Brazil began in early April 2009, affecting 40,000 people. 13,000 people were immediately left homeless and there were two quick deaths in Maranhão's state capital, São Luís, both as a result of mudslides. The homeless were half in shelters and half in the care of relatives. Thirteen of the state's municipalities declared a state of emergency. On 23 April, it was reported that the disaster had already killed three people, including a one-month-old child from Salvador, the capital of Bahia, who was suffocated by a mudslide. Over 33,000 people had been made homeless at that stage; 30,000 of these were in Maranhão and 3,400 were in the adjacent state of Bahia.https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-04-23-brazil_N.htm Brazil floods leave 33K homeless, 3 dead 2009-04-23 2009-04-02 USA Today At least 3,000 people lost their homes in Santa Catarina, whilst one died. The governor of Amazonas, Eduardo Braga, initiated a state of emergency in every one of his state's sixty-two municipalities.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/25/content_11253792.htm Floods, mudslides leave 16,000 homeless, 3 dead in Brazil 2009-04-25 2009-04-02 Xinhua News Agency https://web.archive.org/web/20090507082501/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/25/content_11253792.htm 7 May 2009 dead Fourteen people were reported dead within one month and at least 62,600 others were left homeless by 2 May 2009. Nineteen people were dead by 5 May 2009, as a sharp rise in homelessness occurred. Homeless totals have been estimated at 186,000 individuals. Images of citizens travelling around in boats and barely visible rooftops were broadcast on television. Emergency shelters were said to be "packed" with homeless people. At least six major highways were closed in Maranhão.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30588909 Brazil rains leave 19 dead, 186,000 homeless 2009-05-05 2009-05-05 NBC News A railway used to transport iron ore and 1,300 people each day was also shut down.http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_373084.html 186k homeless from flood 2009-05-06 2009-05-06 The Straits Times https://web.archive.org/web/20090509101931/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_373084.html 9 May 2009 dead The governor of the state of Piauí declared a state of emergency in nineteen of the state's towns and cities, and requested help from the military in rescuing people from the floods.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8033351.stm Brazil's north-east hit by floods 2009-05-05 2009-05-06 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090514154154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8033351.stm 14 May 2009 live By this time, over 186,000 people were homeless. The death toll by 6 May was reported at twenty-nine.https://www.foxnews.com/story/brazil-flood-death-toll-rises-as-aid-is-rushed-to-victims Brazil Flood Death Toll Rises as Aid Is Rushed to Victims 2009-05-06 2009-05-10 Fox News The death toll by 8 May was thirty-nine and 270,000 people were reported homeless.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-lt-brazil-floods-the-journey,1,3051864.story Covering Brazil's floods: faith, adrenaline and a sharp eye for the 'two-headed snake 2009-05-08 2009-05-08 Los Angeles TimesJune 2021 medicmedic 44 dead and over 300,000 homeless after flooding in Brazil By 10 May, it was being reported that over 300,000 people were homeless and 44 had been killed.https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8499960 Floods ease in Brazil, but 300,000-plus homeless 2009-05-10 2009-05-10 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20090519032059/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8499960 19 May 2009 live Reaction President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, inspected the damage by air and brought food to those displaced by the disaster. He commented: "We need to look more seriously into the climate situation these days. Something is changing and we still have time to fix it." (i.e.: Mass De-Forestation?) Brazil's Health Minister José Gomes Temporão had promised to deliver medical supplies to Maranhão. See also 2009 Messina floods and mudslides 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides 2010 Northeastern Brazil floods 2020 Brazilian floods and mudslides References Category:2000s floods in South America Category:Floods in Brazil Category:2009 floods Category:April 2009 in South America Category:Landslides in 2009 Category:Landslides in Brazil Category:May 2009 in South America Category:2009 disasters in Brazil