Rescuers in Brazil resume search for flood victims Dec 1, 2008
Officials on Sunday set up an army field hospital near the hard-hit cities of Itajai and Ilhota, where 39 people have died, mostly in mudslides. The hospital was expected to be fully functional on Monday. (Globe and Mail)
GlobalMedic responds to Floods in Brazil Nov 30, 2008
In the town of Itajai, 80% of the homes were damaged by the rain. Nearly 100,000 people remained cut off by flooding in eight cities in Santa Catarina state, civil defense officials said. (AlertNet)
More bodies unearthed in Brazil mudslides Nov 30, 2008
ITAJAI, Brazil (AP) ---- Rescue workers have pulled nine more bodies from beneath mud and rubble in Brazil's flood-ravaged southern state of Santa Catarina, bringing the death toll to 109, the state civil defense department said Saturday ... Harrowing stories continued to emerge from Itajai, a riverside city of 180,000 where receding floodwaters left homes and furniture caked with mud ... Officials have imposed a 10 p.m. curfew in Itajai to prevent looting. (North County Times)
Brazil flood victims wade home Nov 28, 2008
A woman gathersbelongings as a couple paddles past in Itajai, southern Brazil, on Thursday ... ITAJAI, Brazil - Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses Thursday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbors set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up by the thousands for government food handouts ... As waters from torrential rains receded after causing at least 99 deaths, returning residents hurled soaked furniture and damaged electronic goods into... (MSNBC -- International)
World's oldest person dies at 115 Nov 28, 2008
ITAJAI, Brazil -- Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses Thursday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbors set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up by the thousands for government food handouts. Germany builds soldiers' memorial. (DetNews.com)
Brazil Sends Gas Supplies, Aid to Victims of Floods; Death Toll Reaches 99 Nov 28, 2008
Police arrested 23 people in the town of Itajai today for looting at. s Maxi store, television said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Brazil troops to quell looting after landslides Nov 27, 2008
In the cities of Blumenau and Itajai, among the worst hit by the floods, people ransacked supermarkets and grocery stores during the night in search of food, local officials said ... Sergio Murillo de Mello, commander of the Itajai fire department, told Reuters ... The Itajai river, which rose by more than eight yards (meters) and flooded nearly 90 percent of the city's houses, began to recede on Wednesday, local authorities said. (AlertNet)
Hundreds flee as Congo Tutsi rebels hunt Hutu foes Nov 27, 2008
A general view shows a flooded Itajai city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina November 26, 2008. Brazil sent hundreds of state and federal police officers to quell looting by. (AlertNet)
Brazil Frees Up $1.2 Billion in Aid for Flood Damage in South; 86 Killed Nov 27, 2008
Residents of Itajai, one of the worst-hit towns, looted supermarkets and stores, the Civil Defense department said. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s local unit closed two of its nine stores in Santa Catarina because of floods. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Flooding in Brazil claims 97 lives as survivors loot supermarkets Nov 27, 2008
Amid mounting misery in the disaster zone, at least 20 people were arrested for ransacking a supermarket in the hard-hit city of Itajai, where many streets were still submerged following torrential weekend rains, state media said ... Itajai civil defence worker Gilvan Muniz told the Agencia Estado news service that residents of the flooded riverside city were seeing much of the damage for the first time as floodwater receded on Wednesday ... The worst-hit city was the town of Ilhota along the... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Floods claim at least 86 lives in southern Brazil Nov 27, 2008
Itajai port, the largest in the state, has been paralyzed since last weekend. Floodwaters also damaged a section of the Brazil-Bolivia natural gas pipeline, leaving many without cooking gas or vehicular fuel. (Xinhuanet, China)
Honduras Flooding: ADRA Funds Relief Efforts After Latest Tropical Storm Nov 26, 2008
A general view shows a flooded farm near Itajai in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina November 25, 2008. Isolated towns in southern Brazil appealed for medicine and other supplies on. (AlertNet)
Brazil Landslides Kill 84, Leaving Towns Isolated Nov 26, 2008
Blumenau was one of five towns to declare a state of emergency in the Itajai valley, the worst affected area in the state whose main river rose 36 feet (11 meters) and swept away its banks. The state government said the floods and mudslides had affected 1. (Planet Ark, United States)
Torrential rains kill at least 72 in Brazil Nov 26, 2008
In Itajai, one of the most affected towns, 80 percent of the urban area is under water. In Ilhota, 15 people died over the weekend due to landslides, while 13 people died and 20,000 had to flee their homes in Blumenau. (Xinhuanet, China)
Brazil Mudslides Kill 68 Nov 26, 2008
This photo released by Santa Catarina's Government shows an aerial view of the flooded city of Itajai at the Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 ... The death toll was most severe in the town of Ilhota along the banks of the Itajai River, where 15 people died after waters rose 30 feet above normal. (CBS News -- World)
Brazil Landslides, Floods Kill 50, Force 42,000 From Homes, Cut Pipeline Nov 25, 2008
The most affected cities are Blumenau and Itajai. Rains damaged a gas pipeline between Bolivia and Brazil last night, interrupting natural gas shipments to at least five cities in Santa Catarina and Blumenau, according to a statement by the state gas company. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Brazil flood death toll rises to 65, 17 missing Nov 25, 2008
The death toll was most severe in the town of Ilhota along the banks of the Itajai River, where 15 people died after waters rose 30 feet above normal. Also hard hit was the city of Blumenau, where 13 people died when they were buried by mudslides. (USA Today -- News)
Kenya: Small Ways to Solve Big Problems Jan 23, 2007
In Brazil, poems have been used on condoms to inform people of the dangers of HIV/AIDS. The "poetic condom" project was the brainchild of Ramos Filho, a poet and law professor from Itajai district in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He was prompted by the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the region. (allAfrica.com)
