A year after a dramatic flood in southern Brazil, local journalists and media outlets are still trying to overcome the devastating impacts. Newsrooms were submerged, equipment was damaged, and ...

Karine Pitana had just paid off the last installment on her new couch when floods tore through her hometown of Canoas in southern Brazil nearly two weeks ago. It was just a piece of furniture ...

Mucum, Brazil — Flooding from a cyclone in southern Brazil washed away houses, trapped motorists in vehicles and swamped streets in several cities, killing almost 40 people and leaving 2,300 ...

Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 106 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday as emergency workers continued a desperate search.

Flood-hit Brazil braces for more chaos under a weekend of heavy rain By Lianne Kolirin , Michael Rios , Vasco Cotovio and Abel Alvarado, CNN 3 minute read ...

(SOUNDBITE OF HELICOPTER SWIRLING) CARNEIRO: By air, land and water, the rescue efforts continue, but these are floods of historic proportions. The torrential rains in southern Brazil reflect the ...

Torrential rains have caused one of Brazil’s worst floods in modern history, leaving more than 100 dead and nearly an entire state submerged. An aerial view on Wednesday of one of the worst ...

The flooding in Rio Grande do Sul is shaping up to be one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazil’s history. On Thursday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced a 50 ...

The analysis of the floods in Brazil has not undergone academic peer review, though it relies on widely accepted methods. To conduct their analysis, the researchers looked at historical records of ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defense said on Thursday, as rescue operations continued and authorities ...