In Rio de Janeiro, three days after the hurricane killed 12 people, there are 9,300 homeless people.

9,300 people remain homeless three days after a severe storm that began last Sunday in Rio de Janeiro and left 12 people dead and two missing. The information is contained in the latest report published by the State Secretariat for Social Development and Human Rights.

According to these data, nine thousand of these people who had to leave their homes in Rio de Janeiro and the cities of Greater Rio are temporarily staying with relatives, neighbors or friends, while the remaining 300 are in public institutions such as provided schools. temporary shelter. At least another six thousand people directly affected by the flooding that hit the region from Saturday night, January 13, until the end of the next 24 hours, were able to return to their homes, but faced problems such as destroyed roofs, cracks in walls and furniture, equipment, clothing and food beyond repair after property has been flooded by heavy rain or overflowing nearby rivers.

This Wednesday, three days after the hurricane, in some areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro there were still streets with a lot of water, but passable. In neighboring towns such as Belford Roxo and mainly Duque de Caxias, on the other hand, entire neighborhoods were still under water this morning, such as Pilar, Amapá and Uruchuaí, in this last town of the region known as Baixada Fluminense, whose inhabitants could only travel on improvised boats and canoes.

Thousands of people were trapped in their cars for more than ten hours Sunday during the storm, caught between large pockets of water or landslides, especially on Avenida Brasil, which connects Rio de Janeiro to cities in Greater Rio and other states. and on Rodovia BR 040, which connects the capital Rio de Janeiro with the mountainous region. The capital, Rio de Janeiro, and five other cities in the state declared a state of emergency, and another, Duque de Caxias, declared a state of disaster given the extent of the damage.