Tag: heavy rains

• Wednesday, February 25th 2026 - 03:37 UTC

  Heavy rains leave at least 28 dead and dozens missing in Brazil’s Minas Gerais

  

  Heavy rains and landslides in southeastern Brazil have killed at least 28 people and left more than 40 missing, with the worst impact reported in the state of Minas Gerais, according to local authorities and rescue teams.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  Power cuts reported in São Paulo due to heavy rains

  

  Some 31,000 households were left without electricity on Monday in São Paulo after heavy rains late in the afternoon, leading to a Civil Defense flooding alert in South America's largest city.

• Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Emergency decreed in Bolivia due to heavy rains

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday declared a nationwide emergency due to severe natural disasters caused by unprecedented rainfall across all nine departments in the country. The move seeks to expedite aid, enable exceptional purchases, secure external funding, and mobilize resources to address the crisis.

• Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 21:11 UTC

  Falklands: heavy rains and winds cause flooding, slippery roads and power cuts

  

  The Falkland Islands Public Works Department would like to advise the public that due to the heavy rain being experienced on Tuesday, 11 February, and forecast for the rest of the week that there may be some localized flooding.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Heavy rains in Chile leave 2 people dead, thousands stranded

  

  Heavy rains in central and southern Chile have resulted in at least two people dead plus thousands stranded or taken to shelters, it was reported Monday. The victims were a driver who was hit by a tree and a firefighter who was killed Sunday when trying to rescue a lamb from the river in the town of Cañete, in the Bíobio region, some 550 kilometers south of Santiago, Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve said.

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

  Death toll keeps rising in Rio de Janeiro State

  

  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.

• Friday, January 31st 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Heavy rains and flooding forecasted for Asuncion, Paraguay and Porto Alegre, Brazil

  

  Although flooding rain has already hit parts of Brazil so far in 2020, more rain and flooding could strike the southern part of the country in the coming week. In addition to southern Brazil, other parts of South America may also be threatened.

• 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.

• Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Extreme wet January displaces thousands and floods farmland in Mercosur member countries

  

  Intense rainfall in northeast Argentina and neighbouring areas in Mercosur members has caused devastating floods, amplifying the economic burdens of Argentina's recession. Over 5,000 people have evacuated the region, and millions of hectares of crops have been sent underwater.

• Friday, January 6th 2012 - 06:45 UTC

  Heavy rains and mudslides threaten Rio do Janeiro; 35.000 residents displaced

  

  Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state placed emergency teams on maximum alert as heavy rains that have displaced 35.000 residents were forecast to continue, reviving fears of mudslides and flooding that killed about 900 people last year.