The president promised to help rebuild the town of some 91,000 people by constructing new houses in safer places. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAO SEBASTIAO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday homes should no longer be built in areas at risk of landslides and major floods, pledging to address housing issues as he visited regions hit by devastating rainfall.
The floods in coastal Sao Paulo state were the latest in a series of such disasters to strike Brazil, where shoddy construction, often on hillsides, has tended to have tragic consequences during the country’s rainy season. The devastating rains came amid Brazil’s Carnival holiday period, when thousands flock to the region’s beaches, likely aggravating the human toll of the natural disaster.
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