#enchentes

[encantosdobrasil]

Meu profundo e atencioso abraço de conforto, força e fé para todo o Rio grande do Sul 🆘🫂❤️‍🩹🆘

Para informações atualizadas, acompanhem a situação pelo link abaixo🆘👇🏻

https://agorars.com/agora-no-tempo/rs-728-desabrigados-13-municipios-enchentes/

[narryffdreaming]

HI! HELLO!

RIO GRANDE DO SUL / BRAZIL NEEDS YOUR HELP, PLEASE 🇧🇷

Guys, I know my blog isn't big at all for me to be doing this, but after living some of the most devastating and scary days of my life I feel the need to at least try.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure most of you don't know that the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) is going through the worst climate catastrophe in its history.

To give you some context, it started raining on Saturday (April 27th), and by Monday (April 29th) cities were already underwater. As days went by, and as rain didn't give us a single moment to catch a break, not only floods were a problem, but also multiple, huge landslides. By Wednesday (May 1st), it was like everything was falling apart around us. Everywhere.

Blackouts. No communication. No water supply. Brigdes collapsing. Roads washed out. Houses floating away. Animals drowning. People dying. Missing. Begging for help...

I mean, it's been a really long and painful week. There are so many videos and pictures that I could show you, and I still wouldn't be able to show and explain what we're going through.

Now, a week later (May 6th), we're still living this nightmare. Water follows the course of the river and it's like floods just move from one place to the other. On top of that, more rain is expected during the week.

So far*, out of 496 cities in the state, 341 cities have been somehow affected by all this. At least 78 people died, over 100 were reported missing, and at least 175 were injured. Also, over 134,000 people were forced to leave their homes behind, and most of them won't be able to return because houses aren't even there anymore.

So whilst we're doing our best here to help our people, volunteering ourselves and just doing whatever we can to try and start all over (cleaning up the streets and houses, making food, donating clothes and furniture, etc) we know there's only so much we can do without financial help. Which is why I'm writing this.

If you can, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE 🙏🏻 consider donating and helping us. Especially if you live outside the country — basically bc your money will be worth even more here, as you can see:

€1 = R$ 5,49 || €5 = R$27,46

US$1 = R$5,10 || US$5 = R$25,51

£1 = R$6,40 || £5 = R$32,00

And if you can't donate, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE 🙏🏻 at least just share and spread the word. You'll be already doing a lot for us!

We already went through something like this seven months ago (September/23) and we really, really need more international help/awareness now.

Official links for donations are listed here:

IF YOU'RE FROM BRAZIL: Link

IF YOU'RE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY: Link

Also, if you want to know more about what's happening, you can start here: governo_rs || abcnews || G1 noticias

JUST PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THIS

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*I wrote this post on May 6th, at 2am. Now it's May 6th, 11:30am (not even 10 hours later), and numbers have already changed: 345 cities have been somehow affected (+4), 83 people died (+5), 111 were reported missing (+11), 276 were injured (+101), over 141,000 were forced to leave their homes behind (+7k).

[born-in-hell]

Hi!

As some of you might know, southern Brazil, specifically the state of Rio Grande do Sul, has been struck by heavy rains and a consequential flood. The rains started on monday (29/abr) and only stopped today (5/mai), in Porto Alegre ─ the state capital, and the city i live in ─ and in the other cities nearby.

The lake that borders PoA (named Guaíba) has reached more than 5m up its normal level. This is higher than on the historic 1941 flood. The city's center ─ a big residential and commercial hub, beyond being the host of most of our public services (such as the city hall and the state government) ─ is completely taken by the water. Many other neighbourhoods were also affected.

Smaller cities that also border Guaíba were even more heavily affected, such as Eldorado do Sul, whose territory was almost 100% flooded.

The state is, for a lack of a better word, abandoned by the people that were supposed to aid.

Our governor, Eduardo Leite, is more worried about his plitical campaign ─ making dramatic videos, changing his facebook pfp to one of him with a public defense vest, making streams with no useful information ─ than with the people's lives. This year, he destinated only R$50.000 (~ USD250.000) for the Civil Defense. For the entire year. He is now, delegating the responsibility of recuperating our state to the Federal Government, stating that "the rbuilding of the RS will demand a Marshall Project".

Porto Alegre's mayor, Sebastião Mello, has vanished. He sold our city out to big enterprises ─ Melnick, Zaffari and Panvel, mainly ─, and hasn't destined any public resources to maintaining the Mauá wall (a wall built after the 1941 flood with a system made to protect the city from other floods), which caused many points to fail and the water to invade the city.

This is the danger we all face with a neoliberal system.

Neoliberalism is an individualist ideology. All these people and companies I named did close to nothing to help us. Or even made it worse. The Civil Defense, for example, published a map of all the areas that would be affected, but had to take it back, since it didn't consider the topography.

Its the people for the people.

This situation is being aided by people using their own resources. Donations of various natures and volunteer work. It is very beautiful, in a way. It shows that colaboration and union can do great things. It shows, at least to me, that the world can reach, one day, a self sustaining way of living, contrary to the ultra-individualistic capitalism some preach. Humans can, and are, good.

But it also lays out how much the people that govern us failed us.

Human lives were lost because of their negligency.

This flood isn't normal. It is a product of the huge levels of degradation multi-billionaire companies are causing the world, supported by higher class and their representatives. Eduardo Leite changed almost 500 points of our state's Environmental Code, for the worst, when he was first elected in 2019. His actions, and the actions of all other neoliberal politicians, such as our ex-president Bolsonaro, are what created this situation. They are responsible for everything that is going on here.

This flood isnt the only environmental crisis this state has faced in the last 6 months. This isn't the last one that will happen.

This text is, beyond a personal vent, a warning. We need to keep fighting against a system that is actively trying to kill us. Please, do not support ideals and people ─ especially if said people will rule you ─ that go against the environment, that preach that the capital, the money, the posesions, are more important than lives. Of the people, of the animals, of the environment. Fight for a better world, i know there can be one.

Always be aware of the climate in your areas. Things like this won't happen only here. Please be safe.

Sorry for the long post.

If you're interested in donating, @decaf-lesbian made this post with some links for international and national donations.

-> If you're from Brasil, check this link, that has a copilation of maps of risk areas, shelters, places to donate to, etc, made by a UFRGS student.

[beadickel]

Pessoal, os povos indígenas e quilombolas do RS também precisam de ajuda! Alguns links úteis com informações como chave pix e endereços de onde doar:

Centro de Referência Indígena do RS: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6hfmHJOQjV/

Retomada Xokleng Konglui: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6hAaDCOLd7/

Ocupação Vila resistência: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6e7YK1uEqR/

Retomada Guarani Nhe'engatu: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6eAJjCuPbN/

Movimento Negro Unificado Santa Maria: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ch4D2sHLI/

[fireheartwraith]

Hello everyone. Climate change and lack of infrastructure has cause severe floods in the south of brazil and thousands of people are displaced or missing. If you can help, please do, especially those who use dollar or euro. You don't know far your money can take us

This tweet has a video showing how absurdly fast the water rose. Image if this was your home, completely taken by water in under three minutes. Imagine if you had children, elderly, disabled people living here. What would you do in this situation? What can you even do?

Most of the state is now underwater, and the parts that aren't don’t have power or water. Getting prescription meds and other necessities like hygiene kits and food is difficult because capitalism sucks. The military police are protecting supermarkets because the people are hungry and taking the food. Mind you, the food will spoil anyway. But god forbid people don't go hungry.

And in the midst of this chaos, public transport still isn't free. People are charging to rescue folks. So people can only be rescued by helicopter because of the currents. There are people debating whether or not they should leave pets to die.

And the government has done basically nothing. It is the government's fault, everyone knows this. The money that was supposed to go to preventing something like this simply doesn't exist. The people organizing rescues are distributing resources are the people themselves. Influencers have been doing more to the cause than the government at this point.

Some people were bringing up Madonna because the flood hit the night of her show, and they were saying the money she received should have gone to the affected people. And so she donated 10 MILLION reais. It is utter madness. There are bodies floating in the water people have to wade through.

If you can do something to help, please do

Here's a link to donate to an ngo that is feeding the displaced people

APOIA.se e COZINHAS juntos pelo RS está fazendo Ação solidária na APOIA.se

Alimente os atingidos pelas enchentes no RS

Paypal: [email protected]

Edit: Floods are also displacing people in the northeast, literally on the other side of the country. The situation is dire. Remember, you are closer to being a climate refugee than being a billionaire. If I find where you make international donations to help Maranhão I'll share it here

[andanteostinato]

05/05/24: Inundação em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil (Fotos: Gustavo Garbino)

05/05/24: Flooding in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil (Photos: Gustavo Garbino)

Officials say another 67 people are missing in Rio Grande do Sul, with more rain forecast.

[moon-insulin13]

Quando a água cala e a cidade respira fundo

Estou sumida porque, nos últimos dias que já se arrastam para a segunda semana Paty do Alferes deixou de ser apenas um lugar e virou um estado de sobrevivência. A chuva não caiu: ela insistiu. Voltou. Permaneceu. E, pouco a pouco, foi ocupando espaços que não eram dela ruas, casas, silêncios.

A enchente não faz barulho apenas quando chega. Ela ecoa depois. Fica no cheiro de lama, no móvel perdido, no olhar cansado de quem ainda não conseguiu descansar. Fica na sensação de que nada está realmente seguro quando a água decide subir. Aqui, a vida entrou em pausa forçada enquanto o tempo seguia pesado, cinza, repetitivo.

Meu silêncio veio daí.

Porque às vezes escrever não é possível quando a realidade transborda primeiro.

Estar presente, ajudar, esperar, torcer para a chuva parar tudo isso ocupou o espaço onde antes havia palavras. Quando a cidade luta para se manter de pé, a gente também luta por dentro. E o cansaço não é só físico; é emocional, é coletivo, é aquele que não aparece em fotos.

Paty do Alferes segue enfrentando dias difíceis. Ainda chove. Ainda há água. Ainda há incerteza. Mas também há pessoas. Há mãos estendidas, vizinhos se ajudando, uma cidade tentando se reconstruir enquanto a água ainda não foi embora.

Volto agora com cuidado, porque escrever depois de tudo isso não é recomeçar do zero é continuar, mesmo com marcas.

Às vezes, sumir não é abandono. É sobrevivência.

Fabiana Dias

07/02/26 - @entreocafeeocaos

[learningtosmelltheroses]

It's been 2 days away from home and the water keeps rising... my house is completely under water I'm trying not to think too much about it... trying to focus that the important thing is that we're safe

There's this organization raising money to help all the victims idk if foreigners can access but if you can help please do

A Maior Campanha Solidária do RS

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