Source: Government of Brazil
Country: Brazil
10:31
17/01/2011
Nielmar de Oliveira Reporter Agência Brasil
The governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, has declared the cities of de Nova Friburgo, Teresópolis, Petrópolis, Bom Jardim, São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Sumidouro and Areal to be in a state of public calamity due to heavy rainfall, flooding and mudslides that have now killed over 600 people and made some 15,000 homeless. The measure allows the state to be "more agile in contracting services and material, as well as executing work in the area affected by the natural disaster."
Allen Bennett - translator/editor The News in English