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Flood-hit Brazil braces for more chaos under a weekend of heavy rain
It had been stuck on the roof for four days surrounded by flood water in the municipality of Canoas in the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva posted ...
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Outbreak of leptospirosis in Brazil's flooded areas; health authorities warning
3 million of the 10 million population of Brazil's most southern state that has borders with Argentina and Uruguay. “There are those who die during the flood and there is the aftermath of the ...
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A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation
While flooding that has devastated Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate ...
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Watch: Airport Submerged by Flood Waters in Southern Brazil
Heavy flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul has displaced more than 150,000 people and left a major airport submerged. Photo: TV GLOBO/Reuters ...
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Man rescued nine cats and a dog from flooded home in Brazil
A motorcycle courier is being hailed as a hero after he rescued nine cats from a flooded home in the southern Brazil state of Rio Grande do Sul. Dramatic video showed Geovane de Oliveira ...
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Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink: Brazil’s flooded south grapples with access to essential goods
Last week, major flooding in southern Brazil left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 others missing. Now, some four-fifths of the population is without running water in a major city.