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2008 Santa Catarina floods

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name	2008 Santa Catarina floods and mudslides
caption	Affected area within the State of Santa Catarina.
image	SantaCatarina Meso ValedoItajai.svg

Flooding in the city of [[Itajaí]], Santa Catarina

The 2008 Santa Catarina floods were floods in Santa Catarina, Brazil in November 2008. They occurred after a period of heavy rainfall, most significantly from 20-23 of November. The state had suffered constant rainfalls for over two months on the coast, which turned the soil wet enough to cause a landslide during the storm that hit the state in late November. It affected around 60 towns and over 1.5 million people in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. At least 128 people are confirmed to have been killed with over 78,700 being forced to evacuate their homes. A further 150,000 have been left without electricity, while water rationing is being carried out in at least one town due to purification problems. Water levels in the Vale do Itajaí have risen to eleven metres above normal.{{cite web |title=Brazil flood, mudslide death toll rises to 33 |publisher=USA Today |date=2008-11-24

Reactions

****: United States government donated US$ 50,000 to help Santa Catarina buying food and water.
****: German government donated €200,000 to buy food, water, hygiene material and mattress.
****: Pope Benedict XVI send a message to the victims, where "want to assert spiritually in this hour of pain with the families of the victims and the thousands of evacuees and homeless this huge environmental tragedy."
****: The Brazilian Federal government issued a decree on November 27, 2008 releasing US$ 854 million in aid to the State of Santa Catarina.
**** - Santa Catarina : The State Governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira has suggested that "Santa Catarina is facing its worst weather tragedy of its history" and told "Blumenau has to be rebuilt entirely". He also declared that the state is per 3 days in Mourning.

Blogosphere

Soon after the floods began, various bloggers from Blumenau began reporting about the situation on Twitter, providing photos, videos, forecast conditions and river levels for other people on the internet who were isolated by the floods. A site showed up on the Brazilian blogosphere to keep people informed and offering a channel for donations.

References

(2008-11-28). "Death toll rises to 100". [[Agência Brasil]].
(2008-11-24). "Death toll from Brazil floods, mudslides rises to 45 following weekend rains". [[Associated Press]].
(2008-11-24). "Brazil floods kill at least 45, uproot thousands". [[ABC News (Australia).
(2008-11-24). "Mais um corpo é localizado em Santa Catarina; número de mortes chega a 128". [[Folha Online]].
"G1 > Brasil - NOTÍCIAS - Sobe para 79 o número de mortos pela chuva em Santa Catarina".
(2008-11-25). "Mais de 50 mil estão desabrigados e desalojados em SC; mortos chegam a 65". [[Folha Online]].
(2008-11-29). "The death toll in SC rises to 109; 19 are still missing".
(2008-11-24). "At least 50 dead in Brazil flooding". [[CNN]].
[http://www.clicrbs.com.br/especial/sc/sos-sc/noticia/detalhe/Embaixada-dos-EUA-libera-verba-para-SC.html Embaixada dos EUA libera verba para SC ] {{webarchive. link. (February 7, 2009)
[http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/29112008/25/manchetes-alemanha-doar-200-mil-euros.html Alemanha vai doar 200 mil euros a catarinenses ] {{webarchive. link. (December 2, 2008)
(2008-11-28). "Papa Bento XVI envia mensagem a vítimas de chuva em Santa Catarina". [[G1 (website).
(2008-11-27). "Death toll climbs in Brazil flooding". [[CNN]].
(2008-11-30). "Blumenau terá que ser reconstruída, afirma prefeito". [[Folha de S.Paulo]].
(2008-11-23). "Blog é criado para ajudar moradores afetados em Blumenau". [[Estado de São Paulo]].
"oder auch todo azul? / Alles Blau?".

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