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Brazilians queue for precious water as flood damage intensifies

Aerial view of a flooded area, including an amusement park, in Canoas, a municipality north of Porto Alegre, Brazil, taken on May 7, 2024, after torrential rains devastated parts of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. [AFP]

Teams in flood-ravaged southern Brazil scrambled Tuesday to deliver humanitarian aid to Porto Alegre and other inundated municipalities, where queues formed for drinking water as forecasters warned of more downpours.

The worst natural calamity ever to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul has claimed at least 95 lives, with 372 people reported injured and 131 still missing, according to the civil defense force that handles disaster relief.

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