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…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Ministry on Thursday hiked its projection for the country’s economic growth this year but also raised inflation estimates for 2024…
At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil’s thousands of flood victims…
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…
By Lisandra Paraguassu PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least…
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…
“When I left for work on Monday, I could still get through the water-logged street with my car. By the afternoon, the army was rescuing…
People in southern Brazil, already reeling from deadly floods, are bracing for more disruption after heavy rainstorms pummeled the area on Friday and meteorologists warned…
Floodwaters in Brazil have swallowed up soybean fields and farming equipment, cutting off roads, livestock farms and warehouses in the latest extreme weather event to…
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian horse nicknamed Caramelo by social media users garnered national attention after a television news helicopter spotted it stranded…
(Bloomberg) — Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad rolled out a plan worth 50.9 billion reais ($9.9 billion) Thursday to help millions of people hit by…
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…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state killed at least 60 people and another 101 were reported…
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…
At least 10 people have died in floods caused by torrential rains in Brazil’s south, authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers searched for nearly two dozen…