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Deadly and destructive flash floods and landslides swept through communities along the southern coast of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state as unrelenting downpours pounded the region during the first ...
The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died, [1] with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey after it was destroyed by landslides, [3] and many more have been injured. [2]
A series of floods and mudslides took place in January 2011 in several towns of the Mountainous Region (Região Serrana), in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Casualties occurred in the cities of Nova Friburgo , Teresópolis , Petrópolis , Bom Jardim , Sumidouro and São José do Vale do Rio Preto . [ 3 ]
The April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of April 2010. At least 212 people died, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 161 people have been injured (including several rescuers), [ 5 ] while at least 15,000 people have been made homeless. [ 6 ]
Heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in Brazil, killing at least 36 people and casting a pall over the country’s annual carnival festivities.. The hardest-hit regions – Sao Sebastiao ...
Deadly landslides have upended lives in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco after torrential rain caused extensive damage and significant flooding over the past week. According to Al Jazeera ...
The town of Sabará established vaccination points against Hepatitis A and tetanus in the city, which was heavily hit by the flooding. [17] Heavy rainfall continued into February and spread towards parts of neighbouring Paraguay. The southern Brazilian regions of Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul had the highest risks of flooding. [18]
The floods were considered the worst to hit Brazil in over 80 years, [5] and marked the fourth such environmental disaster in a solar year, as previous floods killed 75 people between July, September, and November 2023. [7] [8]