The devastating floods and mudslides triggered by record rainfall in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, have claimed at least 143 lives so far, according to the latest update from country's Civil ...
A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of. In the first kilometre above the forest canopy, a “flying river” is transporting moisture evaporated ...
(Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said on Friday that the costs of rebuilding the state after devastating floods in recent weeks will be "much higher ...
The BRICS group of nations have pledged a billion dollars for storm-ravaged southern Brazil. The aid pours in as the receding floodwaters begin to reveal the full extent of the devastation. Watch in ...
PORTO ALEGRE, May 14 — Brazil’s flooded south remained paralysed yesterday, with schools and health centres shut and streets cut off as overflowing rivers showed no sign of receding after torrential ...
SAO PAULO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 143 from the worst extreme weather to ever hit south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, with 125 people missing and more than 600,000 evacuated, the ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday the main text of a bill that would enact a new 20% import tax on international online purchases under $50, significantly down ...
Residents and aid teams have begun to clean up in Bundaberg, where waters peaked at 9.53 metres before starting to recede. Photo / Getty Images With towns still isolated, thousands displaced and ...
HULU TERENGGANU: Flood waters in most parts of the state have receded and the locals are praying fervently that things stay that way. Rain during the night momentarily saw residents in low-lying ...