A year after catastrophic flooding, the Brazilian government's negligence and capitalist priorities leave Rio Grande do Sul’s ...

Some 9.5 million people in Brazil live in areas deemed high-risk for flooding or landslides. Rio Grande do Sul was hit by another cyclone in June that killed 16 people and caused destruction in 40 ...

Heavy rains which caused widespread flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have left hundreds of towns under water. At least 85 people died in the floods and about 150,000 ...

Unprecedented heavy rainfall in Brazil has caused devastating floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that has left more than 100 dead and over 163,000 seeking shelter. The floods that ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 12 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Residents row a boat in a flooded street after heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state ... over the weekend and will probably worsen flooding, according to the Friday afternoon ...

A combination of wet El Niño weather and human-induced climate change were key drivers of the worst flooding event in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state earlier this year. The flooding affected ...

People walk by buildings destroyed by flood at the city of Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on Sept. 9, 2023. Photo: Xinhua People clean up a building at the city of Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul ...

Even in a country increasingly inured to natural disasters driven by climate change, the flooding that has swallowed Rio Grande do Sul, one of Brazil’s most developed and prosperous states ...

In short: Floods in Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people with 68 still missing and 24,000 displaced. In several towns, streets turned into rivers, with roads and bridges destroyed.