Heavy rain has left more than 700 people homeless and one missing in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Heavy rains that hit Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina on Saturday and Sunday left more than 700 people dead, one missing and forced eight municipalities to declare a state of emergency. Santa Catarina neighbors the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the worst floods in the state’s history over the past two weeks have left at least 157 people dead, 88 missing and more than 650,000 homeless.

The town worst hit by the heavy rain in Santa Catarina was Vidal Ramos, which received 230 millimeters of rain in 48 hours, but Rio do Sul suffered the most. At least 483 people were left homeless in this city. home and had to be housed in five makeshift municipal shelters in schools and other places.

In addition to Rio do Sul, most of whose neighborhoods were flooded due to the rise of the Itajaí River and which was the first municipality to declare a state of emergency, the cities of Passo de Torres, Sombrio, São João do Sul, Balneario Gaivota It Jacinto Machado, Maracaja and Ararangua also made a statement. Other towns that did not declare an emergency but were heavily damaged by the hurricane were Vitmarsum, Lontras and São Bento do Sul.

The man missing until this Monday is an employee of an Internet company that was carrying out network repairs in the city of Bom Jardim do Sul and whose car was dragged into the river. Two other employees who were in the car managed to get out in time.

Like neighboring Rio Grande do Sul, but on a much smaller scale, Santa Catarina has seen slope collapses, houses destroyed and several road closures. Civil Defense is sending mattresses, food, clothing and hygiene products to displaced people.