PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defence said on Thursday (May 9), as rescue operations continued and authorities began to see the cost of recovering from the devastation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

In a dramatic symbol of the disaster, rescuers saved a horsethat had been trapped precariously for two days on a rooftop in a badly flooded town.


A man pats a horse near a flooded area in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 8, 2024.
PHOTO: Reuters 


More rains are forecast in the coming days, raising fears that water levels will rise further in the inundated state capital of Porto Alegre and nearby town where streets have turned into rivers.

At least 136 people are still missing and more than 165,000 have been displaced from flooded homes and rescued by boats and helicopters.

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