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The death toll from flooding and landslides in Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo reached 44 on Tuesday as searches continued for dozens still missing. Most of the search was concentrated in ...
The German-influenced mountain city of Petropolis on Tuesday saw just over 10 inches of rain within hours — as many inches as the region had seen over the past month combined.
More than 100 people were killed and hundreds of others left displaced by the flooding and landslides in Petrópolis, according to CNN Brazil. Dozens of others were still missing on Thursday morning.
The April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of April 2010. At least 212 people died, [2] [3] [4] 161 people have been injured (including several rescuers), [5] while at least 15,000 people have been made homeless. [6]
Floods and mudslides occurred in the Northeast region of Brazil in 2022. Its cause was the rains that hit mainly the state of Pernambuco, but also Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte. Precipitation volumes surpassed the historical monthly average in several cities in just three days. [1] [2] [3]
The high level of precipitation caused flooding within the city as well as destabilized the mountainside, causing mudslides. [3] Videos of the disaster were widely shared on social media, showing cars and houses being dragged by landslides. [9] [10] By February 21, the death toll reached 176, [11] including at least 27 children and teenagers. [12]
Heavy #rains in coastal areas of Brazil's southeast have caused #flooding and #landslides that killed 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to a statement from #saopaulo state ...
Intense flooding and mudslides struck São Paulo (city) and São Paulo (state), Brazil, following heavy rain and killed at least 21. [1] [2] The downpour in São Paulo and the surrounding areas set new records for rainfall levels for the month of March and left cities covered in up to a meter of slowly draining mud and flood water. [3]