A ray killed a woman on Saturday and left seven injured, including members of her family, on a beach in the state of Sao Paulo, amid the heavy rains that hit the southeast of Brazilthe authorities reported.
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“There were sequences of electrical discharges between the water and the sand in the beach Vila Caiçara, Playa Grande, resulting in four victims, all from the same family,” reported the state Civil Defense.
“One of them, a 60-year-old woman, died; The others are in serious condition, but stable,” she added.
The authorities indicated that four other people were hit by the electric shockwithout gravity.
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In the state of Sao Paulothree people died in the last 24 hours after heavy rains and wind caused landslides and flooding in at least six municipalities, reported the state Agencia Brasil.
A man died when the vehicle in which he was traveling with another occupant was swept away by waters in the city of Sorocaba. In Limeira, two women were rescued after being trapped under a car, but they did not survive.
In the state Rio Grande do Sul (south)a storm on Tuesday left two dead, Governor Eduardo Leite reported this Saturday on the social network X when updating the balance of victims.
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Last week, storms of rain and winds hit the city of Sao Paulowith a balance of two deaths, and thousands of inhabitants of the largest metropolis in Latin America suffered at least three days with power outages.
The southern region of Brazil has faced extreme weather events in recent months, such as heavy rains and a devastating cyclone in September, which left more than 50 dead. According to experts, these phenomena, driven by climate change, tend to repeat themselves.
