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It is considered the country's worst flooding in over 80 years. [5] [6] The floods marked the fourth such environmental disaster in Brazil within the past 12 months, following similar calamities that killed 75 people in July, September, and November 2023. [7] [8]
Flooding from a cyclone in southern Brazil washed away houses, trapped motorists in vehicles and swamped streets in several cities, killing at least 31 people and leaving 2,300 homeless ...
During the 2023 Brazilian Carnival holiday weekend, record-breaking rainfall—reaching 682 mm (26.9 in) in 24 hours—caused deadly floods and landslides across the state of São Paulo. At least 65 people were killed, of which 64 were in São Sebastião .
Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died. GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA. May 3, 2024 at 6:40 PM. 1 / 2.
Soon after the floods began, various bloggers from Blumenau began reporting about the situation on Twitter, providing photos, videos, forecast conditions and river levels for other people on the internet who were isolated by the floods. [15] A site showed up on the Brazilian blogosphere to keep people informed and offering a channel for ...
Aerial view of Cruzeiro do Sul following the devastating floods that hit the region, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on May 14, 2024. Rivers in south Brazil rose anew on the eve, as flood rescue ...
Maranhão was the worst affected state, with at least six deaths and at least 40,700 homeless people occupying shelters. [4] The Amazon River Basin suffered its second-heaviest flood in one hundred years during this period. [5] These are already the worst floods Brazil has experienced in over twenty years. [6]
In sweltering Brazil, worst-ever flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in the world's largest election in India are fainting in ...