Brazil Floods

33 still missing in Brazil floods

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Sao Paulo: At least 33 people are still missing in Brazil after flooding and landslides wreaked havoc in 90 per cent of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, leaving 179 people dead, said the state’s civil defence agency. According to the agency’s latest report, days of unprecedented severe weather starting April 29 affected … Read more

“Ghost Town”: Brazil Floods A Climate Warning To World, Says UN

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UN official visited a flooded neighborhood in state capital Porto Alegre over the weekend. Brasilia: Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations’ refugee agency said … Read more