Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said on Monday, adding that the heavy rains were also intensified by the natural El Nino phenomenon.

The country’s south received three months’ rain in two weeks. Global warming has made such deluges twice as likely as before, scientists said.

The impacts have been widespread across the state that is home to 11 million people.Leia também a versão em português: Enchentes no RS desalojam 600.000 pessoas em migração climáticaThis was the third major flood for Rio Grande do Sul in the past year,

Climate change doubled the likelihood of the historic floods in southern Brazil and amplified intense rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, scientists said Monday.