A tiny Indigenous community in southern Brazil is refusing to evacuate their flooded ancestral lands, which are in dispute with real estate developers. Experts link the deadly floods to deforestation. The region faces disease deaths and disinformation amid ongoing flooding.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Nearly three weeks after floods hit the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, large sections of the city are still underwater. https://t.co/zsXggRnK2Y
The flooding tragedy in Southern Brazil is being amplified by another phenomenon: Disinformation, intentionally designed to mislead. “I’m very concerned about it,” media professor @christofolettis told me. My latest @AJEnglish. #Brazil #Disinformation https://t.co/bKYZWELUWi
Stunning aerial photos show devastating scale of flooding in Brazil - May 22, 2024 | Reuters https://t.co/OqPmzJOcaR
Brazil’s flooded south sees first disease deaths as experts warn of surge https://t.co/ldDhuqBLIP https://t.co/f1bpwfEenY
Brazil's flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities https://t.co/KIb6A6E1qX
As Brazil copes with floods, officials face another scourge: Disinformation https://t.co/ETqrCd5GyF
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
Experts say deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods ➡️ https://t.co/MiVzNM3m6S https://t.co/Bh9DFXeVPe
⚠️ INDIGENOUS BRAZIL COMMUNITY STAYS ON FLOODED LAND IN DISPUTE WITH DEVELOPER Full Story → https://t.co/7KEiN1dWC3 Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is resisting government calls to evacuate what they…