everyone please read this and share if you can.
Brazil is going through one of the worst climatic crisis ever seen.
i live in the southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. we have been suffering from extreme, nonstop rainstorms for a week now. the rivers are flooding, reaching 4-6 meters above their natural level. people are being rescued by helicopters, neighborhoods are being evacuated. entire cities are slowly but surely becoming submerged in water. 60 people missing and counting. 32 deaths and counting.
and this is not new. last november also had a flood like this one. 50 dead, many material losses. it happened again this january, with thousands being left without power or water for days.
three catastrophical disasters within less than a year. three disasters only a few months apart.
this is not natural.
unsustainable agricultural practices and politics led to this. a complete disregard for nature led to this. greed led to this. always greed.
when it comes to the climate crisis, i cannot stress this enough: we need to act now if we still want to live. disasters like this are going to happen more often and they're going to be much, much worse. this flood is being considered the worst climatic catastrophe in the history of my state. i don't know how long it will take for another bigger one to happen and take its place. i just know it will be sooner than it should.
links to donate (if you can't donate, sharing already helps a lot):
link for non-brazilians (paybox)
link for brazilians
updated links are on the pinned post on my blog. in the meantime, pray for us.
I cannot stress enough the sheer GRAVITY of what’s going in on my state right now. In my hometown. Hundreds of towns underwater, over 1,5 million people displaced, a warlike scenario. Roads destructed, fallen bridges, towns isolated with access only by helicopter. 149 deaths and even more people disappeared. After the water level went down on some towns, all that was left was rubble, as if a bomb exploded on it. Shortage of water, food, supplies, everything. People that lost their entire houses, their jobs, sources of income. The main airport of the state will have to remain closed until September because it’s completely flooded and who knows how much damage there is underneath all that water. And so much more, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
It’s utter chaos going on here, and the world NEEDS TO KNOW. Climate change is real and there is no planet B.
Donate if that’s viable to you, but above all, please, please, spread awareness. Talk about it, this is the most important. Next time it can be your country, your state, your own town, and we need to stand together.
