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Brazil    Brazil   

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Wikipedia

President: Jair Bolsonaro Trending

Capital: Brasilia

Dialing code: +55

Population: 211 million (2019) World Bank

Currency: Brazilian real

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Stormy weather in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil has caused fatalities and material damage in 26 municipalities. The cities of Rio Negrinho and Ascurra have declared a state of emergency, with 80 people displaced and 60 buildings and structures damaged in Rio Negrinho alone.

Emergency rescue teams are searching for two missing people in a landslide in Rodeio, where three bodies have been recovered and 190 people have been displaced. Power outages have affected thousands of customers in Rodeio and Ascurra. Flooding and displacement has also been reported in several other cities including Bom Jesus, Ituporanga, Benedito Novo, Canoinhas, Concórdia, Major Vieira, Três Barras, Lauro Muller, Siderópolis, and Pomerode.

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Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
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  8,200
      Affected Persons
  190
        Displaced Persons

OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises.

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