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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]
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 ...
That same year, floods in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, killed 231 people and caused 1 billion R$ ($193.8 million USD) in damage. [7] In February 2023, flooding and landslides in Brazil's São Paulo state killed 40 people as 627 millimetres (24.7 in) of rain fell in São Sebastião. [8]
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]
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 ...
“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 ...
Beginning on 24 December 2021, record rainfall across the northeastern Brazilian state Bahia have resulted in severe floods. 21 people were killed, while 358 were injured and 62,800 were displaced. [3] [4] [5] In a tweet, Rui Costa, the Governor of Bahia, declared the floods to be "the worst disaster that has ever occurred in the history of Bahia".
Brazil's southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced to abandon their inundated homes. Parts of ...