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The recurring problem of summer rain disasters in Brazil
During the Carnival weekend, the coastal region of the state of São Paulo was hit by a natural disaster caused by heavy rains, floods, and landslides, which destroyed houses, blocked roads, affected provision of supplies and left 48 dead. Although the previous government of Jair Bolsonaro left insufficient resources - around USD 5,000 to enforce countrywide prevention of natural disasters - disasters caused by summer rains in Brazil are recurrent. Our Editor-in-chief Gustavo Ribeiro and editor Euan Marshall will explain the details of the situation and how the federal government, led by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the state government of São Paulo, led by opposition politician Tarcísio de Freitas, are responding to the tragedy.
