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The city of Porto Alegre in Brazil has faced recently the largest flood in the recorded history. The 2nd place happened 80 years ago across the span of 22 days. This year, this record was broken in 4 hours.
As for now, only for the city of Porto Alegre, more than 242 thousand homes have been struck and the rain is still falling. The situation across the rest of the state is not great either. Out of approximately 430 municipalities, 380 were struck – with entire cities being submerged. The situation – despite despairing – is expected to worsen in the near future.
Due to the critical situation, many families are now in a homeless situation and the reconstruction, beyond time, requires money.
