Brazil – 10 Dead After Torrential Rain in Rio de Janeiro
At least 10 people have been killed by flash floods in Rio de Janeiro after a storm brought strong winds and massive amounts of rain. The city’s emergency operations centre…
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Brazil – Deadly Floods in Piauí State
At least 3 people have died and over 3,000 displaced by flooding in the state of Piauí in the northeast of Brazil. The state government has declared a state of…
Brazil – Rain in São Paulo Causes Deadly Floods and Landslides
Authorities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have reported heavy rain, flooding and landslides affected the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo State from Sunday 10 March, 2019. São Paulo’s…
Brazil – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Rio de Janeiro After 90mm of Rain in 1 Hour
Strong winds, torrential rain, flash flooding and landslides caused havoc in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 06 and 07 February, 2019. Officials said that some areas recorded…
Brazil – Hundreds Missing After Tailings Dam Collapse in Minas Gerais
A mining dam in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais collapsed on Friday, 25 January, causing a massive mudflow in the municipality of Brumadinho. In a report of 27 January,…
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay – 4 Killed in Storms and Floods, Rivers Rising After Record Rainfall
At least 3 people have died in flooding and storms that have affected several provinces of Argentina over the last few days. Heavy rain and flooding was reported in Corrientes,…
Brazil – Heavy Rain Triggers Deadly Landslide in Rio de Janeiro State
Authorities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, say that at least 10 people have died after heavy rain triggered a landslide in a residential area. The landslide occurred…
‘Catastrophic’ Floods Rising on Amazon River, Say Scientists
TEPIC, Mexico, Sept 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Severe flooding on the Amazon has increased amid changing weather patterns, and is harming the health and incomes of people living along…
Brazil – Storm and Floods in São Paulo Leave 3 Dead and 1,000 Displaced
A heavy rainstorm in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, 20 to 21 March 2018, left 3 people dead, dozens of homes destroyed and more than 1,000 people displaced. The…
Brazil – Belo Horizonte Streets Turn Into Rivers After Torrential Rain
A short burst of torrential rain caused flooding chaos in the city of Belo Horizonte and other areas of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Friday, 16 March, 2018.…
Brazil – 4 Dead in Rio After Storm Dumps 123mm of Rain in 1 Hour
A storm that hit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 14 and 15 February 2018 caused severe wind damage and flooding across the city. At least 4 storm-related deaths have been…
Uruguay – Flooding Uruguay River Displaces 1,700
Increasing levels of the Uruguay River and its tributaries have forced around thousands to evacuate their homes in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay Uruguay’s National Emergency System (SINAE) reports that…
Brazil – Floods Displace 2,600 in Rio Grande do Sul
Civil Defence officials in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, say that flooding has forced over 2,600 people to evacuate their homes. The flooding in the southern state…
Brazil – 7 Dead, Thousands Displaced After Floods and Landslides in North East
Heavy rain and flooding have forced over 40,000 people to evacuate their homes in two northern states of Brazil. Persistent heavy rain since Friday 26 May caused flooding in the…
Brazil – State of Emergency Declared After Floods in Amazonas
The Juruá river in the northern state of Amazonas, Brazil, has overflowed affecting more than 6,000 families in four municipalities. Civil Defence officials have been monitoring the situation since heavy…
Governments Ill-Equipped to Protect Mangroves, Need to Involve Communities – Global Study
Study recommends governments support existing community-based mangrove management programmes, which allow locals to sustainably fish and harvest timber in forests, writes Matthew Ponsford for Thomson Reuters Foundation. LONDON, Feb 2…
