Brazil now registers 1,532 municipalities in an emergency situation due to disasters caused by rain and drought. The number was reached today (27) with the recognition of over 46 cities in these situations. 
With the approval of emergency situation or public calamity, which is a more serious case, the affected municipalities can receive federal funds through the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development.
The drought is affecting municipalities located in Bahia, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and Rio Grande do Sul, as well as Quixeramobim, in Ceará.
Heavy rains recently hit the cities of Alagoinhas (BA), Missão Velha (CE), São Luis Gonzaga (MA), Miranda (MT), Pirapora (MG) and Cunha (SP).
In Maranhão, Conceição do Lago-Açu and São Benedito do Rio Preto registered floods and runoff.
Acre
Yesterday (26), the ministers of the Environment, Marina Silva, and of Integration and Regional Development, Waldez Góes, visited Rio Branco and assured that the federal government will allocate resources to the region after the damage caused by the rains that affected Acre.
More than 32,000 people have been affected so far by the flooding of the Acre River, of which 2,500 are homeless or displaced. The measurement of the level of the Acre River reached 16.37 meters, above the overflow level, which is 14 meters, according to information released by the municipal Civil Defense.
