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[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". [ 4 ] 72 municipalities of Bahia declared a state of emergency .
In Porto Alegre, the Guaíba Lake rose up to 5.31 m (17.4 ft), [28] thus beating the previous record 4.76 m (15.6 ft) set during the 1941 floods, [22] [28] [29] as most areas of the city were flooded, with more than 60 streets becoming completely inaccessible and more than 10 being partially blocked; [28] [29] rescue workers used four-wheel ...
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil In September 2023, heavy rainfall and strong winds from an extratropical cyclone resulted in the deaths of at least 47 people in Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil , 940 injured, and caused $1.3 million in damage.
MUCUM, Brazil (AP) — 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 ...
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 ...
As major floods engulfed entire cities in the northern part of the Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state last week, meteorologist Estael Sias knew the water would drain into capital Porto Alegre’s ...
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 ...