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Villagers of Mondala gram, Hazipur gram panchayat in Goghat shed tears of joy on Monday, when their houses were lit up with electricity after a long wait of 14 years.
The death toll from the extra-tropical cyclone that lashed southern Brazil over the weekend has increased to 13, with four people still missing, said the country’s civil defence agency.
IANS | New Delhi | June 19, 2023 1:11 pm
The death toll from the extra-tropical cyclone that lashed southern Brazil over the weekend has increased to 13, with four people still missing, said the country’s civil defence agency.
The devastation caused by the storms and floods that began on June 16, have affected more than 40 towns in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, which borders neighbouring Uruguay and Argentina, reports Xinhua news agency.
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The search operation for those missing is still going on, the civil defence agency confirmed.
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More than half a million people were left without electricity over the weekend and 4,913 people were displaced, it added.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged federal aid to the affected area.
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Villagers of Mondala gram, Hazipur gram panchayat in Goghat shed tears of joy on Monday, when their houses were lit up with electricity after a long wait of 14 years.
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Chido's remnants in Malawi rose to seven, with nearly 35,000 people stranded, the African country's Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) said on Tuesday.
According to Meteo-France, Cyclone Chido was the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in more than 90 years.
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