>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON. NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY AND THE COUNTRY, BUT FLOODING IN BRAZIL, CRIPPLING THE NATION AS FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED AND LOSING EVERYTHING. >> AND NOW ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR AREA ARE STEPPING IN TO JUST TRY AND HELP. GOOD DAY. WAKE UP ANCHOR DAN BONES JOINS US RIGHT NOW WITH HIS STORY. DAN. >> AND THERE ARE SO MANY BRAZILIAN AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN OUR AREA, WHETHER IT'S ASTORIA, QUEENS OR IRONBOUND NEWARK. SO A BIG CONCERN, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IN SOUTH AMERICA, WHERE A DEVASTATING NATURAL DISASTER IS UNFOLDING IN BRAZIL, HISTORIC FLOODING LEAVING ENTIRE CITIES UNDERWATER, A CATASTROPHIC SITUATION AND MAJOR CONCERN FOR MANY BRAZILIAN AMERICANS IN OUR AREA. NOW, ONE LOCAL ORGANIZATION IN NEWARK IS STEPPING UP TO HELP. FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THIS DAMAGE HERE. TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, CREATING THE WORST FLOODING IN THE COUNTRY'S MODERN HISTORY, IMPACTING NEARLY THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN E OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL. AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND EVEN MORE ARE MISSING. MUCH OF THE ATTENTION IS IN THE STATE CAPITAL CITY, PORTO ALEGRE, WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND, SO MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. STREETS THERE ARE ALREADY SUBMERGED, THE AIRPORT IS CLOSED, POWER IS OUT AND MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. RESPONDING NOW, A NONPROFIT IN NEWARK CALLED MONTANA GLOBAL CARE, COLLECTING MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES. WE VISITED THE OFFICES AND SPOKE TO THE COMPANY CEO. >> THEY NEED EVERYTHING, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER THE COMMUNITY IN HERE AND HELP THEM WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED IN BRAZIL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AZURE LINES AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THE BRAZILIAN COMMUNITY, THE LATINO COMMUNITY, THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY. >> AND THEY ARE COLLECTING EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHING TO WINTER CLOTHES BECAUSE IT IS WINTER IN THIS PART OF BRAZIL, THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR HYGIENE ITEMS LIKE TOOTHPASTE AND OTHER TOILETRIES AND THINGS LIKE DIAPERS AND BABY FOOD. REMEMBER MANY PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE QUICKLY AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL RETURN. THEY WILL DRIVE THOSE GOODS FROM THEIR WAREHOUSE THERE IN NEWARK TO FLORIDA AND FLY THEM ON AZUL AIRLINES TO THE RED CROSS IN BRAZIL. WHILE WE WERE THERE, WE SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY STEPPING UP TO HELP. >> THERE'S A LOT OF LIVES BEING LOST, AND IT HURTS ME TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH ARE IN MY PERSONAL FAMILY, BUT I STILL FEEL CLOSE TO THEM KNOWING THAT THEY'LL BE OKAY AND FINDING THINGS THAT WE CAN DONATE FOR THEM, JUST LIKE TRYING TO HELP OUT. THAT'S ONE OF THE DAYS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. >> AND WE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER, BUT MORE THAN 100,000 BRAZILIANS LIVE IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, ESPECIALLY THE IRONBOUND SECTION OF NEWARK, ASTORIA, QUEENS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT MONTANA'S PROGRAM AND WOULD LIKE TO DONATE THEM, YOU CAN CONTACT THEM AT MONTANA GLOBAL CARE. ORG. THE OFFICE IS ALSO LOCATED ON FERRY STREET IN NEWARK. TO PUT SOME OF THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, THIS AREA THAT'S AFFECTED IS ABOUT TWICE AS LARGE AS WHAT WE HAD HERE DU
