Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches. The environmental catastrophe ...

Some 9.5 million people in Brazil live in areas deemed high-risk for flooding or landslides. Rio Grande do Sul was hit by another cyclone in June that killed 16 people and caused destruction in 40 ...

Unprecedented heavy rainfall in Brazil has caused devastating floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that has left more than 100 dead and over 163,000 seeking shelter. The floods that ...

Flood warnings were in place on Wednesday near the Taquari River, the Das Antas River and the Caí River, which course through towns and mountains in southern Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul was slammed ...

Record-breaking floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 83 people over the past week, and another 111 were reported missing, local authorities said Monday.

Brazil's national center for natural disasters warned that the southern area of Rio Grande do Sul state was under "high risk" of more flooding, with rainfall expected to restart after a brief hiatus.

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 ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert this Sunday with the risk of ...

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StoneX cut its forecast for soybean production in Rio Grande do Sul by 3 MMT to 20 MMT due to recent flooding in the far southern Brazilian state. It now forecasts Brazil’s total soybean crop at ...

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Figure 1. Flood in Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil’s state of Rio Grande do Sul (Source: G1). El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon caused by above-average sea-surface temperatures in the ...