Brazil flooding forces plan for ‘tent cities’ to house the displaced
Porto Alegre, Brazil Reuters Brazil’s southernmost state is planning at least four “tent cities” to accommodate some 8,000 people currently in improvised shelters due to the historic floods that have devastated the region. Heavy rains since the end of April caused record floods that killed at least 151 people in the state of Rio Grande […]
Brazil flooding will take weeks to subside, experts warn
Porto Alegre, Brazil Reuters Brazil’s southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced to abandon their inundated homes. Parts of Rio Grande do Sul state have seen more than 630 mm of rain so far this month, national weather service INMET […]
Deaths in Brazil floods rise to 107, horse rescued from rooftop
Porto Alegre, Brazil Reuters The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defence said on Thursday, as rescue operations continued and authorities began to see the cost of recovering from the devastation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. In a dramatic symbol of the disaster, rescuers saved […]
Brazil’s Lula seeks spending waiver for rain-ravaged southern state where 85 have died
Canoas, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Congress on Monday to recognise a state of public calamity for the heavy rains that have killed at least 85 people in the country’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. More than 130 people are still missing after flooding that has affected more […]
Brazilian city’s homeless get incentive for going to shelter: beds for their pets
Canoas, Brazil Reuters A small city in southern Brazil has found a way to attract more homeless people to one of its shelters on chilly winter nights: They now also take in people’s pets. Canoas – a city with an estimated population of 348,000 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul – came to […]