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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
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 ...
In Zagora, Greece, 29.68 inches (754 mm) of rain fell in a single day from the storm, setting a new 24-hour rainfall record for the entire country. That beats the old record of 25.38 inches (645 ...
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]
“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 ...
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]
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 ...
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".