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President Lula visited affected cities to offer aid after heavy rains caused landslides killing 70 people and leaving thousands homeless, with February rainfall triple the norm, officials said.
- On Saturday, Lula visited southeastern cities, meeting residents and promising aid after landslides killed 70 people.
- Brazilian meteorologist Carlos Nobre attributed the heavy downpours to a passing cold front over the 'very warm' Atlantic Ocean, while INMET said rainfall in Juiz de Fora exceeded 760 mm in February.
- Police updated the death toll to 70, including 13 children, while firefighters said Saturday they were still searching for three missing people after mud swept away houses in Juiz de Fora and Uba.
- The Brazilian government pledged it 'will do everything possible' to help the population rebuild their lives, and Lula wrote on Instagram that he 'was deeply moved by the pain and damage'.
- The disaster follows a string of extreme-weather events in Brazil linked by many scientists to global warming; in 2024, floods killed more than 200 and impacted two million people.
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Brazil's Lula visits flood zone as death toll from landslides hits 70
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday hugged weeping children and promised aid as he visited southeastern cities where 70 people have died in landslides caused by torrential rains.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) arrived at Ubá, in the Meat area, on the morning of this Saturday. The city was one of the main hits by the rains that occupied the region, leaving dozens of dead and hundreds of displaced and displaced. According to the authorities, the number of deaths due to the tragedy had already reached 70, being six in Ubá. Other 64 deaths were confirmed in Juiz de Fora, where Lula arrived early this afternoon. Aft…
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