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Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul faces economic woes after floods, and an unclear path to rebuilding
seattlepi.com· 2 days agoThe environmental catastrophe — unprecedented in state history — upended transportation, including...
Heavy rains return to southern Brazil, flooding even higher ground in Porto Alegre
Reuters· 2 days agoOne daycare in the neighborhood of Menino Deus, which had reopened on Wednesday after a week-long...
Brazil mayor's mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent more
AFP via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWith his Brazilian city deep in brown floodwaters for the past three weeks, the mayor of Porto ...
Children displaced by the floods are entertained in a shelter run by the Gaucha Foundation for Work...
KULR-8 Billings· 5 days agoChildren displaced by the floods are entertained in a shelter run by the Gaucha Foundation for Work...
Uncertain future for thousands after deadly Brazil floods
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRafael Adriano Peres could hardly move as he lay on a mattress in a refuge center in Porto Alegre,...
Brazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks —...
CNN via AOL· 7 days agoShe worries about all the precious things she might lose. “All the priceless mementos, my childhood...
Indigenous Brazil community stays on flooded land in dispute with developer
Reuters· 4 days agoThe Mbya Guarani people have been living since 2018 on a peninsula in far southern Porto Alegre, the...
Brazil's flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoThe first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil, where...
Rain, running and red: Photos of the week
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe worst floods in the state's history have killed more than 150 people, displaced more than 600,000 and left whole cities underwater [Anselmo...
As Brazil copes with floods, officials face another scourge: Disinformation
Al Jazeera· 3 days agoThe floodwaters in southern Brazil lapped near rooftops, turning roads into rivers and engulfing...