Flood-affected residents rest by a tent in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 6, 2024. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Phot...
Flood hits Canoas, Brazil This photo shows a house in flooded area in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Nov. 24, 2023. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua) A resident rows a boat on a flooded avenue in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Nov. 24, 2023. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)...
The article focuses on the effects of above normal rains in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais and lack of rain in 54 cities of southernmost state of Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul which have both declared a state of emergency (SOA). With a death toll of 8 people...
Brazilian pre-Olympic rowers Evaldo Mathias Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagen help load a boat used to rescue flood victims in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil May 10, 2024.REUTERS/Adriano Machado By Leonardo Benansatto and Ricardo Brito PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Le...
Given the terrible flooding in Rio Grande do Sul,@Starlinkwill donate 1000 terminals to emergency responders and make usage for all terminals in the region free until the region has recovered. I hope the best for the people of Brazil.pic.twitter.com/NK6kjz7Iag ...
Floods in Rio Grande do Sul: The Tragedy of Non-Resilient Cities May 18, 2024 PORTO ALEGRE, RS, BRAZIL, 05/07/2024 - General photos of floods, Av Loureiro da Silva, CAFF and region. Photos: Gustavo Mansur/ Piratini Palace. Flickr user licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED Attribution-Non...
The latest in a string of weather disasters to hit Brazil, it is the deadliest ever in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Governor Eduardo Leite told a news conference. (Getty Images) A week of severe thunderstorms flooded southern Brazil in November 2023. Several municipalities...
This study discusses the tensions and conflicts in the relationship between environment and society in the Sinos River Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. An environmental disaster in 2006, which resulted in the of 100 tons... V Pedde,J Figueiredo,M Nunes,... - Brazilian jo...
The case study used in this validation was a major flood that occurred in the Uruguay River, near the town of Itaqui (Rio Grande do Sul), which borders Brazil and Argentina, in October 1997. The results show that the MGB model, both in the regional and the continental scales, could ...
Aquino [Francisco Eliseu Aquino, a professor of climatology and oceanography at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the deputy director of Brazil’s polar and climatic centre] said human influence – through the burning of fossil fuels – had also created “frightening” dynamics betw...