Government authorizes Army employment in disaster in Bahia
The ministers of Citizenship, João Roma, and Regional Development, Rogério Marinho, landed tonight (10) in the capital of Bahia, Salvador. According to statements on social networks, the ministers are monitoring the situation of public calamity decreed in several municipalities in the south and extreme south of the state due to heavy rains.
The government authorized the use of Brazilian Army troops to rescue and relocate people displaced by floods and floods.
Last Wednesday (8), three people died in a landslide in the city of Teixeira de Freitas. Of these, two were children under the age of 10 years. They were accompanied by an uncle who was also buried, informed the Superintendence of Civil Defense and Protection of Bahia (Sudec). The agency estimates that 30 cities have been hit by storms and present a serious scenario.
Civil Defense authorities also warn that stretches of highways and roads have been compromised by water.
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