The Executive has decided to support the municipalities affected by the recent torrential rains across the country with an additional budget, the spokesman for the Council of Ministers announced on Tuesday.

"The Council of Ministers approved the decree delegating to the Minister of Economy and Finance the power to define, by ministerial order, the amount to be transferred on an extraordinary basis to the local authorities affected by the floods in the current financial year," said Inocêncio Impissa.

He explained that the measure aims to support municipalities whose infrastructure has been destroyed and to minimize the impact caused by the storms.

The government's support has legal backing within the framework of the principle of solidarity established in the Constitution of the Republic.