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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 ...
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 ...
Rivers in south Brazil rose anew on the eve, as flood rescue efforts intensified. Up to now, heavy rains, flooding and mudslides that have ravaged the southern Rio Grande do Sul state for about ...
The Rio-Santos highway, the main road in the region connecting it to Rio de Janeiro state, [2] suffered extensive damage, with numerous landslides covering or destroying stretches of the road. [10] Another road connecting Santos with Bertioga was blocked off. [2] Landslides from the rainfall on 21 February impacted Juqueí, displacing 80 people ...
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]
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 #rains in coastal areas of Brazil's southeast have caused #flooding and #landslides that killed 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to a statement from #saopaulo state ...
Intense flooding and mudslides struck São Paulo (city) and São Paulo (state), Brazil, following heavy rain and killed at least 21. [1] [2] The downpour in São Paulo and the surrounding areas set new records for rainfall levels for the month of March and left cities covered in up to a meter of slowly draining mud and flood water. [3]