Roberto Carlos Conceição Arruda recalls the moment in 2002 when an ordinary morning routine took a harrowing turn. It was ...

Many areas of Brazil have been hit with severe droughts and floods in recent years; scientists say climate change is increasing the incidence of extreme weather events. Forests protect against ...

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 ...

Across the whole federal state of Rio Grande do Sul, at Brazil's southernmost point, almost 90% of towns are affected by flooding. Some 169 people have died due to high water levels and heavy ...

Rafael Barbosa, 30, sat in a flood shelter, planning his move. “I’m leaving for Goiás,” he said, a faraway state in central Brazil. His reasoning, he said, was simple: “We know it ...

Flooding at Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana (CCMQ) in Porto Alegre, Brazil Image: Secretaria da Cultura do RS via Facebook CCMQ will reopen and resume its public programming “as soon as possible ...

three historic floods have devastated entire towns in the Vale do Taquari region, which encompasses dozens of municipalities in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul state, South Brazil ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Persistent heavy rains fuelled a third consecutive week of deadly flooding in Brazil’s southernmost state of ...

the southernmost state in Brazil. Almost the entire state – an area larger than the UK – is currently affected by unprecedented floods. The flying river has acted like a firehose, fuelling ...

Aerial view of Cruzeiro do Sul following the devastating floods that hit the region, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on May 14, 2024. Rivers in south Brazil rose anew on the eve, as flood rescue ...

Some 600,000 people have had to leave their homes due to flooding in southern Brazil - Copyright AFP/File TONY KARUMBA Some 600,000 people have had to leave their ...

Hundreds of people were killed over the weekend after a series of deadly floods in Brazil, Afghanistan and Indonesia—the latest disasters after severe storms and flooding killed hundreds of ...