Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 56
- 05-May-2024
Heavy rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on Saturday evening, while dozens remain unaccounted for. Rio Grande do Sul’s civil defense authority said 74 people were still missing and more than 69,000 had been displaced as storms in the last few […]
Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil
- 18-Jun-2023
At least 11 people were killed and 20 were missing after a cyclone tore through southern Brazil, local authorities said Saturday. “According to the state branch of Protection and Civil Defense, 11 people died from the effects of the cyclone,” the government of Rio Grande do Sul state, which borders Argentina and Uruguay, said in […]

