Passengers aboard a LATAM Airlines flight were thrown into panic after their jet was suddenly engulfed in smoke on the tarmac ...

PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - MAY 4: An aerial view of flooded streets after the overflow of the Guaiba river on May 4, 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Rains have struck heavily Brazilian state of Rio Grande ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the risk of lightning and stiff winds that threaten to ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) -- The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert this Sunday with the risk of water ...

Porto Alegre — From top to bottom, rescuers have been scouring buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in apartments or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the ...

Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 globally. In Porto Alegre, Brazil, traffic-related fatalities have surged, with 84 people losing their ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - 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 ...

The death toll from devastating floods that have ravaged southern Brazil for days reached 100 on Wednesday, authorities said, as the search continued for dozens of people still missing. Nearly 400 ...

Matthew Niederhauser is reporting from Brazil with support from the Pulitzer Center. There was something in the air when I arrived in Porto Alegre last week. Something I couldn't quite register until ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - For decades, this southern metropolis stood apart from the rest of Brazil. Compared with Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, nevermind troubled cities in Brazil's poor ...