Overall Green Flood
in Brazil

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103757
Glide number: FL-2026-000028-BRA
Death: 96
Displaced: 15626
Countries: Brazil
From - To 03 Feb - 23 Mar

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 Brazil - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (ECHO 07 Mar 2026)Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:48

  • After the very heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods and landslides that have affected southern Brazil since 23 February, the humanitarian impact has increased. The affected states are Minas Gerais (the worst affected) and the neighbouring states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
  • The federal government reports, as of 2 March, 70 fatalities, of whom 64 are across the Juiz de Fora municipality and six are fatalities in the Ubá municipalities (both in the southern Minas Gerais state). In addition, the same source reports five persons still missing, of whom three are in Juiz de Fora and two in Ubá. Moreover, 7 985 displaced people were reported: 6 447 in Juiz de Fora, 728 in Ubá and 810 in Matias Barbosa municipality (this latter in Minas Gerais too). Furthermore, 2 203 homeless people were reported (2 137 in Juiz de Fora, 26 in Ubá and 40 in Matias Barbosa). Juiz de Fora, Matias Barbosa and Ubá remain under a state of public calamity declaration.
  • Over the next 72 hours, no more rainfall is forecast over most of the Minas Gerais state.
Flood in Brazil - EC/ECHO daily mapTue, 03 Mar 2026 17:32

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Late March 2026Local media reported heavy rain and flooding in areas of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in late March 2026.Sun 22 Mar 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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