Brazil hit by deadly floods.5/6/2009 9:04:46 PM Floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains in northern Brazil have killed at least 30 people and almost 200,000 driven from their homes over the last several months, authorities say. The Brazilian military has been using boats, trucks and helicopters to reach dozens of small towns across ten states that have been cut off by the waters in recent days. "We are having difficulties getting help to people because many roads have been swept away with the floods," said Abner Ferreira, a civil defence official in Maranhao, the hardest-hit state where at least eight people have died, on Wednesday. Brazilian army The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. History After the Brazilian declaration of independence from Portugal in 1822, the Brazilian Army was essential to avoid a fragmentation of the new Brazilian Empire. Lieutenant LIEUTENANT. This word has now a narrower meaning than it formerly had; its true meaning is a deputy, a substitute, from the French lieu, (place or post) and tenant (holder). Among civil officers we have lieutenant governors, who in certain cases perform the duties of governors; (vide, the Ivar Araujo said the water level of a river in one of the most affected regions in Maranhao had been rising about 30 centimetres per day and that two bridges For the neighborhood in New York City, see . Two Bridges is an isolated location in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, United Kingdom. It is situated around 2. had been destroyed. Araujo said the Brazilian army has sent more than 500 soldiers to aid the rescue effort and that shelters for those affected had filled up. "In only three hours it rained as much as we are used to seeing in two months," Odileida Sampaio, the mayor of Altamira in the state of Para para (par´ah) a woman who has produced one or more viable offspring, regardless of whether the child or children were living at birth. , was quoted by the official Agencia Brasil news agency as saying. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sil·va also syl·va n. pl. sil·vas or sil·vae 1. The trees or forests of a region. 2. A written work on the trees or forests of a region. , the Brazilian president, flew over the hardest-hit areas on Tuesday, delivering food baskets  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. to shelters and meeting local officials. Silva promised aid to repair infrastructure, and voiced concerns that global climate change could be responsible for the unusually heavy rains and destruction. More rain is expected in the north in coming weeks, officials said. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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