Brazilians taking refuge at a makeshift shelter in Canoas found themselves grappling with grief and losses after devastating floods swamped their homes and left 113 dead in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
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00:00The next day...
00:19We are here only for the solidarity of the other people.
00:22When the time comes...
00:25When the time comes...
00:26It's hard, it's difficult.
00:28It's hard.
00:29They tell me to sleep here, it's peaceful.
00:31No, it's not.
00:32It's hard.
00:33I'm under medication, under dopamine.
00:35I'm under dopamine.
00:39To be able to sleep.
00:40It's hard, but it's the hardest day of our lives.
00:44We came from the water, we couldn't do anything.
00:46We asked for help.
00:48For people to help us.
00:50There were only boats full of people.
00:51And then that movie comes to our heads.
00:53People asking for help.
00:55Helicopters taking people away.
00:58It was a horrible scene.
01:01It was a horrible scene.
01:12People with babies.
01:18Worried.
01:19It's easy, you lose everything.
01:21The stove, the food.
01:23School supplies, school supplies.
01:26We lost everything, everything, everything, everything.
01:28At the time, I took my little girls and my children
01:32to a bridge.
01:34Then we went to the arena.
01:35At the time of the riot.
01:37First we went to the neighbor.
01:39He lent it to us.
01:40I thought the water wouldn't get there, but it did.
01:43Then we managed to go to the arena.
01:45No, I don't sleep.
01:46I stay awake all night.
01:48With fear, because this bridge here, it swings.
01:52It swings all the time.
01:54A lot of trucks passing by.
01:56And I'm afraid it will fall too.
01:59I'm afraid if the water will come or not.
02:04I also have high blood pressure.
02:06I have an ointment.
02:08I fainted too.
02:09And it's sad.
02:12If you look at the city,
02:14the houses of the people in the middle of the water.
02:18It looks like it's over.
02:20The world is over.
02:24Everything is over.
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