From a shop selling fruit, Paulo Borges stunned panoramic when the streets was submerged in flood water in his small town in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where a dike broke that pushed thousands out of their home.
Tres Vendas, home of 4,000 people and just northeast of Rio de Janeiro about 300km, now completely submerged after heavy rains made Muriae River river was flooded, and a highway that is used as a water barrier dike was broken on 5 / 1.
The rescuers had to be evacuated several thousand residents and brought them to the camp fire of forces or the asylum of the local.
Under sunny blue sky, a chilling silence has covered the whole area, only occasionally quiet atmosphere was just destroyed by the drone of two motorboats carrying residents trapped because of flooding and provide water and food to those who decided to stay in their homes were flooded.
The house submerged in the brown water
Local officials are now working to provide shelter for evacuees.
Whereas state officials ordered the highest level alarm.
Exactly a year ago, the floods and landslides had made more than 1,000 people dead or missing in the mountainous areas of the state.
The rainy season, which begins in late October, but deteriorated quickly in recent weeks, has at least eight people dead and forced more than 15,000 people in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais to evacuate.
According to VietnamPlus.
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