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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Mar 30 2004 - 08:05:10 EST
http://www.brazzil.com/2004/html/articles/mar04/p135mar04.htm
"Brazilian and American meteorologists still have to agree on what hit the
southern coast of Brazil Saturday night killing at least two people,
damaging as many as 40,000 homes, and leaving hundreds of families
homeless. According to US officials, the storm named Catarina (its main
target was the state of Santa Catarina) packed winds exceeding 75 miles an
hour, which would characterize it as a category one hurricane, the first
such storm on record to reach the south Atlantic region.
Residents of the areas battered by the hurricane were terrified. They had
never seen a hurricane before. Brazilians authorities say hundreds of homes
were destroyed. And 11 fishermen are missing off the coast after two boats
sank in the storm.
According to the authorities from both states, 40 cities were hit by the
storm. Monday, rescue teams continued to search for 12 fishermen who were
caught in high seas by the strong winds. They were able to rescue Luciano
da Silva on Sunday, but his five colleagues from the Vale 2 boat are still
missing. The seven crew members from the Antônio Venâncio vessel also
couldn’t be found.
The tree that killed a man after reaching his car has also injured two
other people who were inside the vehicle. There is news that at least other
30 people suffered injuries, one of which is in serious condition in a
hospital in Criciúma, Santa Catarina. In Araranguá, also in Santa Catarina,
some 200 houses were unroofed and at least 60 trees fell on the BR-101
roadway, a main artery connecting the Brazilian South to the Southeast.
The mayor of São João do Sul, Antonio Oliveira Cardoso, declared state of
public calamity in his city of 8000, one of the worst hit by the
cyclone/hurricane. According to Cardoso, most of the residents lost their
houses. The winds also destroyed schools and the town’s community center.
In Rio Grande do Sul, 300 families of Torres were homeless after the
passage of the storm, which left the town without electric power or
telephone service. Several municipalities in the area have no electricity
and some of them have declared state of emergency in hopes of getting
federal aid. "
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