Environment modification doubled the possibility of the historical floods in southern Brazil and magnified extreme rains triggered by the El Nino weather condition phenomenon, researchers…
Rafael Adriano Peres might barely move as he lay on a bed mattress in a sanctuary center in Porto Alegre, after being struck by an…
Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a “false sense” of security by a vast but aging system…
Brazil’s flooded south remained paralyzed Monday, with schools and health centers shut and streets cut off as overflowing rivers showed no sign of receding after…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday put off a state visit to Chile to focus on the historic floods in the south…
River levels were rising again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed more than 140 people and forced hundreds of…
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian horse nicknamed Caramelo by social media users garnered national attention after a television news helicopter spotted it stranded…
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil rushed Wednesday to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but…
TORRES, Brazil (AP) — A mayor in southern Brazil asked residents to ration water Tuesday in a state capital where some 80% of the population…
In all her 74 years Lorena Martins had never seen anything so horrible: a torrent of foul, rust-colored flood water engulfing her modest home in…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The death toll from rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 56, local authorities said on…
The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil has climbed to 56 people, with another 67 missing, the country’s…
When Claudio Almiro finally abandoned his ruined home in flood-ravaged southern Brazil, he found himself slogging through waist-deep water. The 55-year-old with a grizzled goatee,…
The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse…