Pedro Scooby and surfers arrive in RS with jet-skis to help with rescues

Pedro Scooby and a group of giant wave surfers arrived in Rio Grande do Sul this Monday (6) to help rescue victims of the rains that are ravaging the state with jet-skis and equipment used in extreme sports. The athletes left Rio de Janeiro last Sunday (5) and arrived in the city of Xangri-Lá more than 20 hours later.

Surfers Iankel Noronha, Lucas Chumbo (Chumbinho), Michelle Bouillons and MMA fighter and jet ski pilot Reyzinho Duarte are also in the delegation. The athletes are experienced in commanding jet-skis and decided to use their equipment to help with rescues.

The group was filmed while receiving navigation instructions from a location in Xangri-Lá, a city flooded as a result of heavy rain. “There’s a school with two hundred children up there, it’s a little far away,” he says. They were also filmed purchasing food and cleaning supplies.

As of Monday morning, 83 deaths had been confirmed as a result of the storm that hit the region over the last week. According to Civil Defense, there are 20,070 homeless people, living in accommodation provided by the public authorities, and 129,279 homeless people. Of the total of 497 municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, 364 were affected by heavy rains in the region.

Artists such as Luísa Sonza, Whindersson Nunes, Virgínia, Ivete Sangalo and Anitta and players from the Internacional and Grêmio teams mobilize resources to help the humanitarian crisis.