notes: MEDIA coverage - ------ Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41091210/ns/world_news-americas/ ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region just north of Rio Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) village of Campo Grande Fazenda Alpina ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ------ ON STANDBY to deploy - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51054464-76/victims-brazil-brazilian-flood.html.csp ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Volunteers rise up to aid Brazil flood relief work January 17, 2011 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/nation-world/s_718487.html ------ Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41091210/ns/world_news-americas/ ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region just north of Rio Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) village of Campo Grande Fazenda Alpina ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in Pedrao gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross - Herculano AbrahÃo, leads the Red Cross unit in the TeresÃpolis gym shelter. The Red Cross in Rio de Janeiro says it has received 150 tons of non-perishables, hygiene products, mattresses, and blankets Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ------ ON STANDBY to deploy - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51054464-76/victims-brazil-brazilian-flood.html.csp ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ------ ON STANDBY to deploy - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51054464-76/victims-brazil-brazilian-flood.html.csp ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - ------ Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41091210/ns/world_news-americas/ ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region just north of Rio Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) village of Campo Grande Fazenda Alpina ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ------ ON STANDBY to deploy - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51054464-76/victims-brazil-brazilian-flood.html.csp ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ------ ON STANDBY to deploy - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51054464-76/victims-brazil-brazilian-flood.html.csp ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Military uses choppers to help Brazil flood victims January 17, 2011 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/298896/military-uses-choppers-help-brazil-flood-victims ------ Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services (active in Haiti) http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Friburgo ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

mission: -> WIKIPEDIA coverage - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Brazilian_floods

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teres%C3%B3polis ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%C3%B3polis ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547
cat_notes: 06/25/2010 Lula promises massive north-east Brazil flood aid http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/lula-promises-massive-north-east-brazil-flood-aid/ 5/11/2009 Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-11-brazil-floods_N.htm -> 06/25/2010 Lula promises massive north-east Brazil flood aid http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/lula-promises-massive-north-east-brazil-flood-aid/ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M6TR20100624 5/11/2009 Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-11-brazil-floods_N.htm

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro village of Brejal Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ http://www.brazilnews.net/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0114/Blame-game-begins-in-wake-of-deadly-Brazil-floods ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547
cat_notes: 06/25/2010 Lula promises massive north-east Brazil flood aid http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/lula-promises-massive-north-east-brazil-flood-aid/ 5/11/2009 Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-11-brazil-floods_N.htm -> 06/25/2010 Lula promises massive north-east Brazil flood aid http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/lula-promises-massive-north-east-brazil-flood-aid/ 5/11/2009 Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-11-brazil-floods_N.htm

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z ---- Other - Brazil Institute - actively involved in various media http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547
cat_notes: -> 06/25/2010 Lula promises massive north-east Brazil flood aid http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/lula-promises-massive-north-east-brazil-flood-aid/ 5/11/2009 Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-11-brazil-floods_N.htm

notes: MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ---- coverage - http://www.daylife.com/article/06NIbgN4HU20z ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators CRS - Catholic Relief Services http://crs.org/brazil/flood-emergency/ ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Brazil flood death toll climbs 16/01/2011 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/216644/brazil-mourns-as-flood-death-toll-climbs ------ Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil flood and mudslide deaths rise as rescue goes on 13 January 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079 ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Serrana region Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) One area of Teresopolis, village Campo Grande Serrana region just north of Rio ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo refuge in the gymnasium in Teresopolis ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Brazilian Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) sending a field hospital National guardsmen and soldiers U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547 -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) U.S. Embassy in Brasilia - located at SES Avenida das Nacoes, quadra 801, lote 3, Brasilia, DF, CEP: 70.403-900 (tel. 55-61-3312-7000), (fax 55-61-3225-9136). Internet: http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/ Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. --- EMBASSY of Brazil at: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/7547

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== MAPS etc. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.

name: 2011 Brazil FLOOD - INDEX -> 2011 Brazil FLOOD, MUDSLIDES - INDEX
notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ - http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/12/Floods-mudslides-kill-245-in-Brazil/UPI-17461294859157/ ------- Brazil Floods, Mudslides Claim At Least 13 Lives (PHOTOS) 01-11-11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/brazil-floods-mudslides-k_n_807528.html#s222302 ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Navy - (helicopter rescue teams) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Sao Paulo state civil defense Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ------ 600+ dead in Brazil flooding Jan. 15, 2011 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/15/Brazils-morgues-filled-from-flooding/UPI-15121295099244/ ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army - military set up a tent field hospital Brazilian air force - (installing a communication center in Itaipava) Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) police stations and churches Amateur radio operators ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments - http://www.defesacivil.sp.gov.br/v2010/portal_defesacivil/index.asp Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies CPTEC coordinator Gustavo Escobar Inmet Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry CRED - Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters --- World Health Organization ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) coordinator Gustavo Escobar http://www.cptec.inpe.br/ Inmet http://www.inmet.gov.br/ Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters http://www.cred.be/ --- World Health Organization - http://topics.bloomberg.com/world-health-organization/ ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies CPTEC coordinator Gustavo Escobar Inmet Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry CRED - Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters --- World Health Organization ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html To contact the reporters on this story: Adriana Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro at abrasileiro @ bloomberg.net; Alexander Cuadros in Sao Paulo at acuadros @ bloomberg.net ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies CPTEC coordinator Gustavo Escobar Inmet Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry CRED - Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters --- World Health Organization ========== RESOURCES - Victims will be allowed to withdraw money from their government-run severance and disability accounts, known as FGTS, to rebuild their homes or relocate, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi said in Brasilia Jan. 13 Rio’s state government will help as many as 6,000 families that lost houses pay rent, will set up two field hospitals in the area and is sending 7.3 metric tons of medication and other materials to assist victims ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.

notes: MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies CPTEC coordinator Gustavo Escobar Inmet Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry CRED - Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters --- World Health Organization ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics. -> MEDIA coverage - Troops arrive as flooding deaths increase in Brazil (mudslides and avalanches in Teresopolis, Brazil) January 16, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/brazil.flooding/index.html?section=cnn_latest ------ Brazil Flooding Leaves 555 Dead as Rio Declares Official Mourning Period Jan 15, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/brazil-flooding-leaves-555-dead-as-rio-declares-official-mourning-period.html ======== AREAS EFFECTED - Nova Friburgo (devastated - hardest hit) Petropolis (hardest hit) town named after Brazilian monarch Pedro II Rio de Janeiro state city of Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo state (southeastern region) city of Sao Paulo Sumidouro Teresopolis (hardest hit) ====== LOCATIONS - soccer field in Friburgo ======== RIVERs - Ipiranga River ======== ORGANIZATIONS on the ground: Army Red Cross Health and Civil Defense Departments Vale SA (lending heavy machinery - help with rescue efforts) ========== OTHER RESOURCES - Brazil’s Center for Weather Forecasting and Climatic Studies CPTEC coordinator Gustavo Escobar Inmet Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry CRED - Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters --- World Health Organization ========== Note: They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.