(Bloomberg) — Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and key cabinet members visited the country's south, where record-breaking floods have shut down a main airport and submerged neighborhoods, leaving dozens dead and many others missing.
Heavy rains over the state of Rio Grande do Sul caused main rivers to overflow, straining dams and displacing more than 88,000 people in more than 330 municipalities. At least 75 have died and 103 are missing, according to the official report released May 5, 2024. Several neighborhoods of Porto Alegre, the most populated city in the region, are underwater and its international airport announced on May 3 that it would close for an undetermined amount of time.
Companies that had announced they were suspending activities due to the heavy rains are resuming their normal work.
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