Refrigerated fish trucks are being used to store unidentified bodies in Brazil after floods and mudslides that are being described as the worst natural disaster in that nation’s history. It is reported that the morgues are overwhelmed and in many areas the people have resorted to burying their own dead, while many are in fear that relatives remain buried in the mud resulting from the catastrophe.
Save the Children is reporting that up to half of the victims are children.
Brazil’s new President Dilma Rousseff has visited some of the hardest hit areas and has promised aid, though it has been slow in materializing. The slow response by the government is perpetuating anger among the survivors. The federal government has earmarked 780 million reais in emergency aid and donations are starting to pour in from around the country.
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