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Floods cause state of emergency in southern Brazil
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe rains are expected to continue to at least Sunday, and the death toll is expected to rise. The flooding burst a dam serving a hydroelectric plant...
Watch: Boat slams into bridge, capsizes as death toll rises amid catastrophic flooding in southern ...
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoA man walks through a flooded street in the Historic Center of Porto Alegre, Rio da Grande do State,...
Death toll in southern Brazil flood rises to 58
AFP via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThe death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil has climbed to 58 people, with the major city of Porto Alegre...
Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 56
Reuters· 6 hours agoHeavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people,...
Brazil floods: Dam collapses and death toll rises in Rio Grande do Sul
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOfficials say another 60 people are missing...causing panic and further damage in the already...
The Science Behind Why the World Is Getting Wetter
The Wall Street Journal· 1 hour agoNairobi, Kenya, received nearly 12 inches over a seven-day period, bursting dams, burying towns in mud and turning city streets into deadly rivers. More...
31 confirmed dead as heavy rains continue to batter southern Brazil, authorities say
Fox News· 1 day agoHeavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state have resulted in 31 confirmed deaths, with the toll...
Brazil bridge buckles and plunges into river
BBC News· 23 hours agoFootage shows a man narrowly avoiding falling into a river in southern Brazil as a motorway bridge gave way on Tuesday. Heavy rains - triggering huge...
Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died
San Francisco Chronicle· 8 hours agoHeavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68...
Madonna puts on free concert in Rio, turning Copacabana beach into enormous dance floor
seattlepi.com· 50 minutes agoMadonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro's vast...