Climate crisis: State of emergency in eight Brazilian cities due to floods

The Brazilian government announced on Monday that, due to the intense rains that have hit a part of the country and that have caused floods, eight cities in the state Acre, located in the Amazon region, are declared in a state of emergency. READ ALSO: In Images: Bahía Blanca (Argentina), slow recovery after historic floods Among the declared cities are Cruzeiro do Sul, Feijó, Mâncio Lima, Marechal Thaumaturgo, Plácido de Castro, Porto Acre, Rodr…

Given the intense rains that affect some regions of Brazil and that caused floods in part of the territory, the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared a state of emergency in eight cities of the state Acre, located in the Amazon region. Cruzeiro do Sul, Feijó, Mâncio Lima, Marechal Thaumaturgo, Plácido de Castro, Porto Acre, Rodrigues Alves and Santa Rosa do Purus, are among the cities covered by the decree, as well as the ca…

By Luciano Nascimento – Agência Brasil  The federal government has recognized a state of emergency in eight municipalities in Acre, due to flooding in rivers that cross the state. The recognition was published in the Official Gazette of the Union this Monday (24) for the cities of Cruzeiro do Sul, Feijó, Mâncio Lima, Marechal Thaumaturgo, Plácido de Castro, […]