In Brazil, authorities reported that at least seven people died in the city of Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, after heavy rainfall.
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00:00In Brazil, authorities reported that at least seven people died in the city of Recife, capital
00:06of the state of Pernambuco, after heavy rainfall.
00:09In this regard, the National Meteorological Institute and Pernambuco's Water and Climate
00:14Agency renewed on Thursday rainfall warnings for Recife and other regions of the state.
00:20However, until 6.00 am local time, the capital of Pernambuco had an accumulated average of
00:26131.4 millimetres of rain in the first 24 hours of rainfall.
00:31According to weather forecasters, this figure surpassed the 91.4 millimetres predicted for
00:37the whole month of February in the region.