Porto Alegre's mayor faces the challenge of rebuilding the city from severe flooding while trying to prevent further disasters. Deforestation is said to have worsened the deadly floods in Brazil. An Indigenous community refuses to evacuate their sacred lands amid record flooding in southern Brazil. Climate change impacts are evident with concerns over water quality and persistent problems. The devastating floods in Brazil prompt reflections on the urgent reality of the climate crisis.
Floods in Brazil have devastated my hometown and made me confront climate change in a new way. How many more tragedies will it take to convince authorities that the climate crisis is here and is happening now? #InTheirOwnVoices by @anabpereiraa https://t.co/BVap1618rC
Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is determined not to evacuate what they consider sacred ancestral lands, and over which they are in dispute with real estate developers https://t.co/3YUDJ7pV87 https://t.co/sedYHh4SFK
This is what climate change sounds like: “She worried about what pathogens might lurk in the tainted waters, what it might cost to fix the persistent problems and whether the ever-present anxiety would ever subside.” https://t.co/IpYNliuHiZ
Experts say deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods ➡️ https://t.co/MiVzNM3m6S https://t.co/Bh9DFXeVPe
With his Brazilian city deep in brown floodwaters for the past three weeks, the mayor of Porto Alegre faces a herculean challenge: rebuild from the disaster while racing against the clock to prevent new ones. https://t.co/I57c68FbLA https://t.co/fYvpomSw2w