The death toll in last weekend's flash flooding in the southern Brazilian town of Itaoca has risen to 17, with nine people still missing, authorities said on Friday.
Sao Paulo state's Civil Defense Department updated the earlier toll of 12 dead.
Some 332 people -- or about 10 percent of the town's population -- were left homeless by overflowing waters from the Palmital River following torrential rains.
Five people were injured and some 100 homes damaged.
A bridge providing access to Itaoca, located 340 kilometers (210 miles) southwest of Sao Paulo, was also destroyed and state authorities pledged to rebuild it.
The death toll in last weekend’s flash flooding in the southern Brazilian town of Itaoca has risen to 17, with nine people still missing, authorities said on Friday.
Sao Paulo state’s Civil Defense Department updated the earlier toll of 12 dead.
Some 332 people — or about 10 percent of the town’s population — were left homeless by overflowing waters from the Palmital River following torrential rains.
Five people were injured and some 100 homes damaged.
A bridge providing access to Itaoca, located 340 kilometers (210 miles) southwest of Sao Paulo, was also destroyed and state authorities pledged to rebuild it.
