Heavy rains have claimed 64 lives in Brazil’s southeastern state of Sao Paulo, the country’s Civil Defense said on Wednesday.

A 45-year-old woman was the latest victim who was carried off by surface runoff.

Tuesday was the second rainiest day of January in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s second largest, with 37 mm of rain, according to the Center for Emergency Management (CGE). And January is the wettest month in the last 15 years, with 420.4 mm of rain.

Sabesp, a water supply company in the state of Sao Paulo , reported that water reservoirs are almost full, and two reservoirs may overflow if heavy rains continue.

“Sabesp has already informed the Civil Defense to take steps if there are families around the dam,” Helio Luiz Castro, a water production superintendent, said.

Castro added the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, which is home to about 20 million people, had suffered from a lack of water resources and the current excessive rainfall is a guarantee of water supply for the entire population during the year.

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