Overall Orange alert Flood for Brazil
in Brazil

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101205
Death: 86
Displaced: 207928
Countries: Brazil
From - To 08 Nov - 08 Jan

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Minas Gerais, Brazil, January 2022Heavy rainfall from 07 January 2022 caused further flooding and landslides in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Civil Defence reported 15 people died in floods and landslides from 07 to 13 January in the municipalities of Brumadinho (5), Belo Horizonte (1), Dores de Guanhães (1), São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo (1) Contagem (1), Ervália (1), Caratinga (1), Santana do Riacho (1), Perdigão (2) and Ouro Preto (1). Around 1,200 people were displaced after wide areas of Brumadinho Municipality were flooded from the overflowing Paraopeba River on 11 January. Over 10,000 people were displaced by flooding from the overflowing Doce River in Governor Valadares municipality from around 12 January 2022. Minas Gerais Civil Defence reported around 55,000 people affected by the floods. Flooding has also damaged homes in João Pinheiro and Oliveira municipalities, where around 5,000 people were affected. Severe flooding was also reported in the city of Uberlândia on 16 January. Note: Civil Defence were treating the Furnas Lake disaster as a separate incident until the investigation into causes is completed.Mon 17 Jan 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

An Ode To The Planet: The Need For A Global Pledge To Make 2022 A Clim ... 2022-01-01T13:19+0100.

A Step Before Catastrophe. How brutal and wicked have we been We encroached ancients lines, We troubled space and ruptured our peace We messed everything massed by nature for good , We have in so many ways murdered sleep And sleep has becom
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Floods in Brazil killed at least 20 people and Bolsonaro continued to ... 2021-12-29T22:35+0100.

Original Title: At least 20 people were killed in floods in Brazil, Bolsonaro continues to take a vacation, causing dissatisfaction. [环球网报道 记者 赵建东]According to the “New York Times” report on the 28th, the recent floods in the state of Bahia
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Torrent; Two dams collapse in Brazil; Fear | Brazil | Flood2021-12-28T11:02+0100.

Panic erupted after two tornadoes collapsed in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia following a tornado. Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in at least two places. The Igua Dam on the Veruga River near the town of Vitoria da
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LA RASSEGNA STAMPA DAL MONDO ULTIMISSIME ANSA E LA GAZZETTA CAMPAMA2021-12-28T06:28+0100.

– 28 DIC.- 05:38 Brasile: 20 le vittime delle alluvioni, 63 mila sfollati Ultima ora. 100 su 116 i Comuni in emergenza TAGS: Inondazione Frane, Valanghe – 28 DIC.- 04:15 Media siriani, ‘attacco israeliano al porto di Latakia’ Ultima ora. Il
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),