Hurricane Catarina update (translated from Bolivian paper)

[senorpepr]

Two people died, 35 were hurt and thousands of houses were destroyed by a storm that affected yesterday the coast of the south of Brazil, said civil employees of the Civil defense. Eleven fishermen disappeared as opposed to the coast of the state of Santa Catarina as soon as two boats were shipwrecked to 15 kilometers of mainland during the dawn, said the commander of the Navy Paolo Baltore. The authorities had informed previously into the disappearance of five fishermen, but they reviewed the number after speaking with a one fisherman of the boats that were shipwrecked. The fisherman was rescued of waters Sunday, said Baltore. One hopes that a ship of rescue of the Navy at night arrives at the site from the shipwreck Sunday. A helicopter of the police and an airplane of the Air Force are flying over the site looking for surviving, added the official. "the storm is dissipating, but the rain possibility strong could increase the damages", said Enio Novaes, spokesman of the civil defense in Santa Catarina, shortly before the noon of Sunday. "the winds are now less intense, but the damage is considerable", indicated on the other hand Marcio Luiz Alves, another civil employee of the civil defense of the state. A boy died in the city of Towers, in the state sureño of Grande River do Sul, when collapsing a house in a tourist bath like result of the strong hundreds, said the civil defense. In Towers, the storm destroyed the ceilings of 300 houses and left to 35,000 people without electricity. In a way near the city of Criciuma, in the state of Santa Catarina, a tree demolished by the wind crashed against an automobile, killing to the conductor and hurting of gravity its wife. Altogether, at least 35 people were hurt in state of Santa Catarina, but number could to increase, as information arrive from regions that had been incomunicadas due to the fall of telephone lines, said Novaes. In Criciuma, the weather destroyed 200 houses and damaged other 3.000. The civil defense said the Sunday that is possible that 40,000 houses have been damaged in Santa Catarina.

[PTrackerLA]

All of this and the Brazilian authorities said there was no reason to alert the public right before the hurricane hit. I can't find any other words to describe them except idiots.