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Climate change made historic Brazil floods twice as likely: scientists
Climate change doubled the likelihood of the historic floods in southern Brazil and amplified intense rains caused by the El ...
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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 57, some 70 still missing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The death toll from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do ... of Bento Goncalves is also at risk of collapsing, authorities said. In Porto Alegre, the capital of ...
Catastrophic Floods in Brazil Set Off Another Crisis: Homeless Pets
Officials in the southern part of the country have rescued more than 12,500 animals in recent weeks since catastrophic floods ...
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Porto Alegre Floods and the Failure of the Minimal State
On April 31, 300 mm of rain fell in the mountains of Northern Rio Grande do Sul, causing dam breaks, landslides and ...
Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul faces economic woes after floods, and an unclear path to rebuilding
Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to ...
Brazil’s flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities
Health officials in Brazil say the first death from waterborne bacterial disease has been reported in the country's south, ...
Visualizing the scale of the floods that left south Brazil submerged
Unprecedented flooding has haltered the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Though Brazil has faced frequent natural disasters, the ...
Southern Brazil faces humanitarian crisis after historic flooding
Between April and May, a sequence of these events was prevented from spreading to the rest of Brazil due to a warm air mass ...
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Porto Alegre military base to serve commercial flights after floods force civil airport’s closure
Brazil’s civil aviation regulator has granted authorisation for a Porto Alegre military air base to handle commercial flights ...
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Heavy rains return to southern Brazil, flooding even higher ground in Porto Alegre
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 23 (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 ...
Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say
Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists ...