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  2. 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods - Wikipedia

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    It is considered the country's worst flooding in over 80 years. [5] [6] The floods marked the fourth such environmental disaster in Brazil within the past 12 months, following similar calamities that killed 75 people in July, September, and November 2023. [7] [8]

  3. Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in 80 years ...

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    The flooding statewide has surpassed that seen during a historic 1941 deluge, according to the Brazilian Geological Service. In some cities, water levels were at their highest since records began ...

  4. Catastrophic flood destruction in Brazil could worsen with ...

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    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 ...

  5. Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it ...

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    As major floods engulfed entire cities in the northern part of the Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state last week, meteorologist Estael Sias knew the water would drain into capital Porto Alegre’s ...

  6. 2023 Rio Grande do Sul floods - Wikipedia

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    That same year, floods in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, killed 231 people and caused 1 billion R$ ($193.8 million USD) in damage. [7] In February 2023, flooding and landslides in Brazil's São Paulo state killed 40 people as 627 millimetres (24.7 in) of rain fell in São Sebastião. [8]

  7. Heavy rains return to southern Brazil, flooding even higher ...

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    Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday, ruining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding areas which had previously been untouched in Rio Grande do Sul's ...

  8. 2023 São Paulo floods and landslides - Wikipedia

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    During the 2023 Brazilian Carnival holiday weekend, record-breaking rainfall—reaching 682 mm (26.9 in) in 24 hours—caused deadly floods and landslides across the state of São Paulo. At least 65 people were killed, of which 64 were in São Sebastião .

  9. Flooding in southern Brazil leaves at least 31 dead and 2,300 ...

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    Flooding from a cyclone in southern Brazil washed away houses, trapped motorists in vehicles and swamped streets in several cities, killing at least 31 people and leaving 2,300 homeless ...