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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 14:46 UTC

Tag: Floods in Brazil

  • Friday, February 18th 2022 - 14:36 UTC

    Death toll keeps rising in Rio de Janeiro State

    SAR work had to be halted due to new rains in Petropolis (EFE)

    Relief work in Petropolis had to be halted Thursday due to new rains but the death toll continued to increase from previous figures, reaching 117 fatalities and at least 116 people missing.

  • Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

    Record flooding in Brazil's Amazon region; half a million displace

    The Rio Negro reached its highest water level since records began in 1902, with a depth of 29.98 meters at the port's measuring station

    In Brazil's Amazon region the Rio Negro has swollen to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping. More than 450,000 people have been affected state-wide. Residents in Manaus, the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, were struggling to cope with severe flooding after heavy rain caused nearby rivers to swell.

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

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

    Rains subsided by Monday, but were expected to resume later this week in some areas. Flooded roads created violent rapids, sweeping up victims, cars and debris

    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.