Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil - Recent

Storyline:
The death toll of south Brazil rainstorm has hit 151, while another 104 people remain missing, Brazil's Civil Defense agency said Thursday.

Since torrential rains began to lash the country's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, on April 29, floods and mudslides have left some 600,000 people homeless.

According to the Civil Defense agency's latest report, over 2.28 million residents have been directly impacted by the disaster in the state, which borders Argentina and Uruguay, and is a center of Brazilian agribusiness, as well as the top rice producer in Latin America.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the area on Wednesday, speaking to those taking refuge in shelters, and pledged more aid for displaced families so they can buy new homes.

The government has set up an extraordinary secretariat in Porto Alegre, which has the ranking of a ministry, to coordinate relief and recovery efforts through February 2025.

In addition to government efforts, statistics show that more than 15,000 volunteers from all over Brazil have contributed to disaster relief in the region.

At a relief supply distribution center in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, about 2,000 volunteers have been working in morning and evening shifts to help local authorities receive and distribute donations from all over the country.

Guilherme Miller, a local English teacher, became one of the volunteers after the rainstorms forced the closure of his school.

In a shelter in the hardest-hit city of Canoas, more than 260 people have lost their homes and there is a shortage of medical personnel. Fabio, a doctor of a private hospital in Porto Alegre, took the initiative to provide medical services at the shelter.

Shotlist:
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil - Recent:
1. Aerial shot of flooded neighborhood;
2. Various of buildings, submerged vehicles;
3. Various of volunteers working at supply distribution center;
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Guilherme Miller, local teacher (ending with shot 5):　
"Any person that has one hour to help can come here, can help. It's my duty to come here and work every day as much as I can."
Canoas, Brazil - Recent:
5. Various of flood-affected people in shelter;
6. Doctor Fabio working;
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Fabio, doctor (no full name given)(starting with shot 6/partially overlaid with shot 8):
"I'm doing my best to help with both medical care and nighttime emergencies. This weekend, 200 volunteer doctors and nurses from Santa Catarina will be here to help."
[SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]
8. Fabio working;
Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil - Recent
9. Aerial shot of flood-affected area;
10. Various of flooded buildings.

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