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  2. Mariana dam disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Mariana dam disaster, also known as the Bento Rodrigues or Samarco dam disaster, occurred on 5 November 2015, when the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo (40 km (25 mi ...

  3. List of deadliest floods - Wikipedia

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    1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide Brazil: 1967 431 St. Francis Dam failure United States 1928 431 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods: India: 2015 429 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide Nepal: 2002 425

  4. Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in 80 years ...

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    The flooding statewide has surpassed that seen during a historic 1941 deluge, according to the Brazilian Geological Service. In some cities, water levels were at their highest since records began ...

  5. 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Heavy Rain Causes Deadly Flooding in Brazil [Video] - AOL

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    Heavy rain has led to flooding in eastern Brazil, killing at least 10 people in the state of Minas Gerais, officials said.According to Brazil’s Civil Defense, 220,000 people have been affected ...

  7. Deadly episodes of flash flooding causing chaos around the world

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    A family is transported in a tractor through a flooded street in the Ilha da Pintada neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Flooding from a deadly ...

  8. 2022 Petrópolis floods - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Flooding in southern Brazil leaves at least 31 dead and 2,300 ...

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    “The fly-over we just did, shows the dimension of an absolutely out of the ordinary event,” Leite said in a video posted on the state's Flooding in southern Brazil leaves at least 31 dead and ...