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2023 São Paulo floods and landslides. 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. [1]
Heavy rainfall targeted the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing at least 44 people, local authorities told The Associated Press on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, nearly 2,000 were estimated to be ...
In 2013, São Paulo was the most populous city in Brazil and in South America. [ 97 ] According to the 2010 IBGE Census, there were 11,244,369 people residing in the city of São Paulo. [ 98 ] Portuguese remains the most widely spoken language and São Paulo is the largest city in the Portuguese speaking world.
Average Annual precipitation in Brazil 1962 - 2014 Snow in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul in 2013. Precipitation levels vary widely throughout Brazil. Most of Brazil has moderate rainfall of between 1,000 and 1,500 mm (39 and 59 in) a year, with most of the rain falling in the summer (between December and April) south of the Equator.
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2023. The year saw a transition from La Niña to El Niño, with record high global average surface temperatures. The several weather events which had a significant impact were blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and tropical ...
The sprawling Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP) with close to 20 million people is the seventh most populous urban area in the world [1] and the economic, financial and technical hub of Brazil. The main stakeholders in water management in MRSP are the state government, the state water and sanitation utility Sabesp and 39 municipal ...
Environmental issues in Brazil include deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, illegal poaching, air, land degradation, and water pollution caused by mining activities, wetland degradation, pesticide use and severe oil spills, among others. [1] As the home to approximately 13% of all known species, Brazil has one of the most diverse collections ...
São Paulo (state) São Paulo (/ ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊloʊ /, Brazilian Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná to the south, Rio de ...