Southern Brazil is facing significant challenges following catastrophic floods that have killed at least 169 people and displaced over 581,000 residents. The floods, exacerbated by climate change and the El Niño phenomenon, have led to a surge in waterborne diseases, including leptospirosis. Authorities in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state, are warning residents to avoid floodwaters and seek medical attention if necessary. The agricultural sector has also been heavily impacted, with preliminary damage estimates exceeding $245 million USD, particularly affecting soy and rice harvests. The region received three months’ rain in two weeks. Scientists have stated that climate change has made such extreme weather events twice as likely.
Climate change, El Niño and infrastructure failures behind massive floods in southern Brazil – World Weather Attribution @WWAttribution https://t.co/WMGH4lOGqV
Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said, adding that the heavy rains were also intensified by the natural El Nino phenomenon https://t.co/LKP0WDrFOw https://t.co/l60podfuvT
📽️ WATCH - CLIMATE CHANGE MADE DEVASTATING BRAZIL FLOODS TWICE AS LIKELY, SCIENTISTS SAY Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said on Monday, adding that the heavy rains were also intensified… https://t.co/tJ0OAvcres
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In Brazil, the country’s south received three months’ rain in two weeks, killing 172 people and displacing more than half a million residents from their homes. Global warming has made such deluges twice as likely as before, scientists said. https://t.co/c71R3S1mwa
Climate change doubled the likelihood of the historic floods in southern Brazil and amplified intense rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, scientists said. https://t.co/ctiUqpHXvE by @franblandy https://t.co/4H8BqJ6NnA
🇧🇷 Record rainfall in Brazil is causing extensive damage in the agricultural sector. Preliminary damage estimates are $245+ million USD, with soy and rice harvests among those crops most heavily affected. 🔗https://t.co/pQZ8uBprQ5
Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say https://t.co/VUC7hIiBO6 https://t.co/Vr4uxLJKoF
🔵 CLIMATE CHANGE MADE DEVASTATING BRAZIL FLOODS TWICE AS LIKELY, SCIENTISTS SAY Full Story → https://t.co/llJwAdUTEy Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said on Monday, adding that the…
The catastrophic floods in southern Brazil were twice as likely to happen now than in centuries past, due to global warming https://t.co/Mb9bjtwtXW
🚨🇧🇷 BRAZIL FLOODS SPREAD DEADLY BACTERIAL DISEASE The death toll from the floods in southern Brazil has reached 169. Authorities report a surge in leptospirosis, a deadly bacterial disease from contaminated water. Residents are urged to avoid floodwaters and seek medical… https://t.co/V6yn4hi7iK
Catastrophic floods in Brazil following torrential rainfall have taken the lives of at least 169 people and displaced more than 581,000. https://t.co/ebCm4ye2LJ
Brazil faces a long recovery after devastating flooding displaced 600,000 people, @danielcarvalho_ reports. As climate change fuels more extreme storms, where should people go? https://t.co/wyjnsF8B7I
Brazilian authorities are warning of the risks from waterborne diseases, as residents of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, return to clean up after catastrophic floods that killed at least 169 people https://t.co/rfzacbKV7C https://t.co/cfjVRjxmJg
📽️ WATCH - WATERBORNE ILLNESS NOW THREATEN FLOOD-RAVAGED SOUTHERN BRAZIL Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Brazil's southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after catastrophic floods that killed at least 169 people. https://t.co/poFTuJ8vXw
Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after catastrophic floods that killed at least 169 people https://t.co/rfzacbKV7C https://t.co/6xkr224rUQ
Waterborne illness now threaten flood-ravaged southern Brazil https://t.co/x7Ivq88Ggz https://t.co/OwPhk665jU
🔵 WATERBORNE ILLNESS NOW THREATEN FLOOD-RAVAGED SOUTHERN BRAZIL Full Story → https://t.co/CoQUnE9SBG Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Brazil's southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after catastrophic floods that… https://t.co/QU5J70RiIZ