The dire situation comes as heavy rain continues to downpour on Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, according to officials. MORE: 224 people rescued amid Texas flood watch ...

The last environmental catastrophe in Rio Grande do Sul was in September 2023, when 54 people died after the passage of an extratropical cyclone, Agencia Brasil recalled. Now, the death toll is ...

I came to Brazil to offer the support of the ... % of the 446 municipalities in which the state of Rio Grande do Sul have been affected by floods, over flown rivers, including the capital Porto ...

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Image courtesy of Anderson Astor and Marcelo Curia/ICCE. There had already been two large floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, in 2023. Just six months later, in May 2024 ...