Floods flood the border between Brazil and Peru, displacing nearly 140,000 people

The border region of Peru and Brazil has received above-average rainfall over the past month , but more rain is expected in the region next week , according to the Climate Prediction Center .

Due to extreme rainfall, the water levels of several rivers that pass through the Amazon rainforest have risen sharply, causing serious flooding in the region.

(Border between Acre State, Brazil and Peru)

Floods "invade" the border between the two countries, nearly 140,000 people displaced

The Associated Press reported yesterday that Brazil's current President Bolsonaro officially visited Acre State, which was hit by floods in the country's western tropical rainforest, on Wednesday.

According to the data from the fire department of Acre State, the floods have displaced a total of 120,000 people . Nearly 70% of Sena Madureira, one of the worst-hit cities in the state, was destroyed by floods, and more than 4,000 families were relocated.

As of the CCTV news report on February 22, the Brazilian state of Acre has entered a state of emergency ↓

( CCTV report )

The Madre de Dios region of Peru, which borders the Brazilian state of Acre, also suffered floods due to continuous heavy rains, causing rivers to burst their banks, flooding residents' houses and displacing more than 15,000 people ↓

(The Paper report)

According to the Floodlist website, heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides in several areas of Peru since mid-February.

(Flood disaster diagram)

In addition, Pará State in the lower Amazon River region in northern Brazil has also suffered severe floods in recent days. As of February 16, about 800 people were left homeless and 1,520 people were displaced.

It is worth noting that in addition to causing serious economic losses to the local area, floods and waterlogging disasters will also damage infrastructure such as roads and bridges that e-commerce relies heavily on in the logistics and distribution process, leading to difficulties in the transportation of goods and a backlog of goods. Once water accumulates in warehouses, the goods will be soaked and damaged, causing considerable trouble for cross-border e-commerce sellers.

Misfortunes never come singly, Brazil is also facing these "three big mountains"

However, misfortunes never come alone. In addition to floods, the Brazilian state of Acre has to face the "three big mountains" of the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic , the outbreak of dengue fever and the illegal immigration crisis .

According to data from the Ministry of Health, Akure State reported 622 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, with a total of 975 deaths and a total of 55,881 confirmed cases.

In terms of dengue fever, according to online news website G1, Akure State has seen more than 10,000 cases of dengue virus infection in the first two months of this year. The governor of the state warned that once the floods recede and the river levels drop, dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases may spread faster, adding greater pressure to the state's public health system.

Finally, the state must also deal with a protracted crisis of migrants planning to cross into Peru . The Peruvian government closed its border crossing with Brazil last year due to the pandemic, but according to the Associated Press, about 400 migrants arrived at the border town of Assis Brasil in Acre in mid-December.

(Peruvian police set up barriers to prevent migrants from entering Peruvian cities)

The state government said the migrants were mainly from Haiti and Venezuela, trying to cross the border into Peru and then on to Mexico and the U.S. Brazilian Citizenship Minister Miguel Angelo Oliveira said many migrants were wrongly told that the border with Assis Brasil had reopened and clashed with Peruvian police last week.

It seems that the western part of Brazil and the eastern part of Peru are really "when it rains, it pours", and the rain will not stop for a while. Sellers in the Latin American market should pay attention to taking countermeasures, pay more attention to the weather conditions in the target market, and try to reduce the economic losses caused by floods and other problems!

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