Overall Orange Flood
in Brazil

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103757
Glide number: FL-2026-000028-BRA
Death: 102
Displaced: 27866
Countries: Brazil
From - To 03 Feb - 03 May

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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
Brazil - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 06 May 2026)Wed, 06 May 2026 10:11

  • Since 30 April, heavy rainfall has been affecting north-eastern Brazil (in particular, the Pernambuco and Paraiba states), causing floods and triggering landslides that have resulted in fatalities, displacement, and damage.
  • The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports, as of 4 May, six fatalities and 9 540 people displaced across 27 municipalities in Pernambuco. In Paraíba, 600 people have been displaced across 13 municipalities and a total of 16 100 people have been affected.
  • Paraíba has further declared a state of emergency.
  • Over the next 48 hours, more moderate to heavy rainfall with local thunderstorms is still forecast over north-eastern Brazil. On 6 May, there is a yellow alert for heavy rainfall across the northeast.
Pernambuco State, Brazil, Early May 2026Local media reported flooding in Pernambuco State, Brazil, after heavy rain in early May 2026.Mon 4 May 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),