Housewife Jessica Regina Silva lives in Francisco Morato Greater Paulo with her husband six children and four teenage brothers in a house provided by the church This is because on January 2nd she lost everything she had The house I was building was hit by a building that slipped and collapsed during the storm.
It was a loud noise the lights turned off and when it turned on I saw my husband passed out covered in blood A concrete block hit my baby and my 5yearold son had to undergo surgery he recalls
Like her at least 4 million people live in risk areas across the country according to the Geological Survey of Brazil The mapping however was carried out between 2011 and 2020 in just 1605 cities around a fifth of Brazilian municipalities The survey indicated 14443 highrisk areas and 954 thousand homes in these conditions Only in 194 municipalities risks were not identified
This is a conservative estimate The number is even greater and has been increasing in the last 10 to 15 years It is a continuous process because it is necessary to control access to cities with urban planning and land occupation Today occupation is disorganized says geologist.