Just weeks after two dams collapsed in Brazil, releasing a flood of toxic mining waste, a crowdfunding campaign to pay for an independent environmental report into the disaster’s impact has…
Since the Samarco tailings dams collapsed on 05 November 2015, over fifty million cubic metres of toxic sludge have swept down the valley and into the Rio Doce, through the…
Scientists say that as global warming intensifies the drought, reduced river flows in Brazil mean more damage from the mining dam collapse, reports Jan Rocha for Climate News Network. SÃO…
Two dams at an iron-ore mine in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, broke on 05 November 2015, inundating the entire rural district of Bento Rodrigues. The small town of…
Writing for The Conversation, Saleem H. Ali, Chair in Sustainable Resource Development, The University of Queensland, asks the question: Who should we blame for the Brazil mining dam disaster? The…
A tailings dam at an iron-ore mine in Minas Gerais state of Brazil, broke last night, inundating the entire rural district of Bento Rodrigues, which is about 20 km from…
The flood situation in southern Brazil continues and is now affecting over 200,000 people across the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Rio Grande do Sul The…
Levels of the Uruguay and Yaguarón rivers have continued to rise in northern parts of Uruguay, forcing more people from their homes. Heavy rainfall from 14 October 2015 had increased…
Heavy rainfall in Brazil has caused flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, displacing over 1,000 people in Porto Alegre. Flooding in Uruguay was also reported and almost…
Storms and floods have affected three southern states of Brazil since 10 July 2015, leaving 3 dead, 79 injured and nearly 1,000 displaced. According to the Civil Defense of the…
Local civil defence officials today confirmed that at least 14 people have been killed in landslides near the city of Salvador in the Bahia region, north-eastern Brazil. Two people are…
Floods in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil, have affected 100,610 people ( 22,116 families) since February 2015. Meanwhile, levels of the Solimões River continue to rise, and now stand…
Floods affecting affected thousands of people in the state of Acre, northern Brazil, from 23 February 2015 onwards, when some of the state’s rivers, in particular the River Acre, overflowed.…
Heavy rain on 20 March 2015 brought flooding to the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. Some areas were under 50cm of water. The rainfall lasted a few hours in an…
More than 20,000 people have been affected by flooding caused by the swollen Purus River in Boca do Acre in Amazonas State, Brazil. Local authorities have declared a state of…
According to the latest report from the state government of Acre, Brazil, levels of the Acre River have continued to fall in Rio Branco and now stand at 16.74 metres,…
