Скачать или смотреть Merchants in Brazil's flood-hit south try to save stock as forecast to worsen

(11 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 11 May 2024
1. Shop owner Gilberto Zeni, 50, opening the shutters of his grocery store after a week of closure because of flooding
2. Zeni and his brother entering the shop, using a flashlight to illuminate the store
3. Zeni walking across the flooded store's alley
4. Zeni opening the refrigerator and finding spoiled food inside
5. A fish swimming in the flooded street, in front of Zeni's store
6. Zeni looking at the water level mark left by the flooding on the wall
7. Water mark on the street wall
8. Zeni and his brother checking on the store
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gilberto Zeni, 50, shop owner:
"It has never happened like this before. It is very sad to go through a situation like this after so many years of work. But others have had it much worse. This is a loss of material goods. Some people paid with their lives. We are going to rebuild, without a doubt. We are strong, and we will fight, without a doubt."
10. Various of a pharmacy's employees retrieving items
11. Residents using boats to row through a central avenue

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sao Leopoldo, Brazil - 11 May 2024
12. Various of flooded avenues, cars submerged
STORYLINE:
Some shopkeepers in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state returned to their stores on Saturday after a week of closure due to heavy rains in the country's south.

The lowering of water levels in Rio Grande do Sul's capital Porto Alegre allowed Gilberto Zeni to open his shutters after a week.

Zeni, who has owned the store for 18 years, suffered huge losses.

"It has never happened like this before. It is very sad to go through a situation like this after so many years of work," the 50-year-old said.

"But others have had it much worse. This is a loss of material goods. Some people paid with their lives. We are going to rebuild, without a doubt. We are strong, and we will fight, without a doubt," he said.

Brazil's meteorological service forecasts that almost 6 inches (more than 15 centimeters) of rain could fall over the weekend, which could result in an increase in water levels across the city.

As of Saturday morning, heavy rains were already falling in northern Rio Grande do Sul, while Porto Alegre and the southern part of the state were receiving drizzle.

At least 136 people have died in the floods since they began last week, and 125 more are missing, local authorities said Friday.

On Thursday, Brazil's federal government announced a package of 50.9 billion reais ($10 billion) for employees, beneficiaries of social programs, the state and municipalities, companies and rural producers in Rio Grande do Sul.

AP video shot by Lucas Dumphreys

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