The aftermath of devastating floods in southern Brazil continues to take its toll. At least 169 people have died and more than 600,000 have been displaced.
The rush to get tents, medicines, and other critical supplies to the flooded South continues. Brazil’s Air Force has been delivering that urgent aid this week as residents of Rio Grande do Sul now face a new threat to their state.
“We’ve been having quite a few patients with symptoms of possible leptospirosis,” said Carla Silvestre, a spokesperson for Brazil’s Air Force.
The bacterial disease spread by rats is now affecting nearly a thousand people as parts of the state have been underwater for a month after catastrophic flooding ravaged the area.
CBN’s Operation Blessing is on the scene right now deploying its resources and staff to the hardest-hit regions of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul.
Operation Blessing continues to provide hot meals to hurting people who have been displaced by severe #flooding in #Brazil. Please continue to pray for all those who have been impacted.
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— Operation Blessing (@operationbless) May 28, 2024
“Weeks after the disaster happened and the floods went through all
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