Tag: Brazil floods

• Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:37 UTC

  Outbreak of leptospirosis in Brazil's flooded areas; health authorities warning

  

  The first four deaths from the waterborne bacterial disease, leptospirosis, have been reported in the southern Brazil state of Rio Grande do Sul, where floodwaters following days of unprecedented rainfall have started to recede, but health authorities are warning of additional fatalities.

• Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  At least 13 killed in southeastern Brazil storm

  

  At least 13 people died and 4 others were reported missing in southeastern Brazil Sunday due to storms and floods caused by the passage of an extratropical cyclone (low-pressure system), according to local authorities.

• Sunday, December 12th 2021 - 19:47 UTC

  Storms leave almost 3,700 homeless in Brazilian State of Bahia

  

  Some 30 cities in the Brazilian state of Bahia are going through an emergency situation following a heavy storm that has affected around 70,000 people and left 3,700 homeless, according to rescue teams.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazil floods: 54 dead, 18 missing and over 30.000 people displaced

  

  Over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides, submerging entire neighbourhoods and sending homes tumbling down hillsides in the states of Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.