That was the day that the floods which have devastated parts of southern Brazil cut off the building she lived in. "By Wednesday, the water had reached [a height of] 1.7m (5ft 6in)," she recalls.

People in southern Brazil have described the unprecedented devastation wreaked by flooding and overflowing rivers which have left swathes of the area under water. The floods are the worst natural ...

Officials said that by the beginning of the Carnival period, all states in the country will have been supplied. Brazil’s Ministry of Health has begun to distribute the 128.6 million condoms ...

Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul is expecting more rain this weekend, as it grapples with the fallout of last week's fatal floods. At least 126 people have died and many thousands have been displaced ...

Heavy rains in coastal areas of southeast Brazil have caused flooding and landslides that killed at least 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to a statement from Sao Paulo state ...

The heavy rains were the fourth such environmental disaster in the state in a year, following floods in July, September, and November 2023 that killed 75 people.

Türkiye on Friday extended its condolences to Brazil after floods caused by heavy rains left 100 people dead in the South American country. “We extend our condolences and solidarity to the ...

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