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Santa Rita de Cassia e Sino in Nova Santa Rita; September 19th in Guaíba; and Tempo Novo in Taquari with homes flooding and the loss of planted and stored food production Losses are also significant in relation to structures and products for sale from cooperatives and agro-industries located in these settlements all Agroecological Rice production in the planted area and in stock for marketing the floods and storms that have hit Rio Grande do Sul since the end of April have already resulted in the deaths of 147 victims The Civil Defense bulletin also records 127 people missing and 806 injured The number of people away from home reaches 617,000 Here is a summary of MST’s main solidarity actions in the state: Rescues of people from public shelters and other locations to MST spaces The Movement welcomed 13 families from the Integração Gaúcha settlement (IRGA) who had their homes and crops flooded in the Hugo Chaves settlement together with the Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária dos Assentados de Tapes-RS (COOPAT) Families from the Apolônio de Carvalho settlement were also rescued and brought to the settlement headquarters Families from the Integração Gaúcha settlement (IRGA) were also welcomed at the headquarters of the 19 de Setembro settlement in Guaíba and at the school and homes of families from the Padre Josimo settlement Given the concern about feeding these homeless families the MST set up a solidarity kitchen in the Filhos de Sepé settlement Around 1,500 lunch boxes are distributed daily to affected families in Eldorado do Sul Part of this food is destined for families in the Padre Josimo settlement who are isolated but were not directly affected by the floods Landless are also organizing the production of meals at the headquarters of the Apolônio de Carvalho settlement to serve the families there and meals are being made daily for families hosted in the Hugo Chaves settlement with the involvement of around one hundred volunteers Solidarity lunch boxes are delivered to five shelters that are welcoming homeless people Check out more information and find out how to support the Kitchen on social media on Instragram @armazemdocampo.pel and @solidaritypelotas2024 Donation of Hygiene and Cleaning materials The MST organized 200 hygiene kits and cleaning materials for cleaning work in houses where the water has already receded in Nova Santa Rita; Colônia Nonoaiense (IPZ) and Apolônio de Carvalho with the cost of renting backhoes and bucket trucks for the services the Landless are sending basic health kits to homeless families in places where there is access for the material to reach people For the medical and psychological care of homeless Landless families in the state the Movement is organizing a Health Brigade with doctors trained in Cuba Venezuela and other doctors who support the Network of Popular Doctors and the José Marti Association The intention is also to create a Network of Supporters for Mental Health Contributions are essential for the approximately 2.1 million people affected by storms and floods to date in Rio Grande do Sul This post is also available in Español and Français Marcia Zilli receives funding from the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the UK Met Office through the Climate Science for Services Partnership - Brazil Caio Coelho receives funding from Brazilian institutes (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development—CNPq—and São Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP) Neil Hart receives funding from United Kingdom Research and Innovation and the UK Met Office through the Climate Science for Services Partnership - Brazil University of Oxford provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK View all partners A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest In the first kilometre above the forest canopy a “flying river” is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes mountains towards Rio Grande do Sul Almost the entire state – an area larger than the UK – is currently affected by unprecedented floods. The flying river has acted like a firehose, fuelling five months of rainfall in just two weeks, further enhanced by a strong jetstream located in just the wrong position above the region. And, based on future projections of climate change this situation will likely get worse as the temperature rises The floods have displaced more than 600,000 people and directly or indirectly affected more than 2 million in 446 of the 497 municipalities in the state leaving hundreds of thousands of homes with no power or drinking water Schools suspended classes and the state’s main roads and airport are closed While the southern part of the country is under water a heatwave caused record-breaking temperatures in the states of São Paulo this is similar to all of northern France being flooded while Barcelona swelters in 40°C heat This is not the first time the southernmost part of Brazil has been affected by such large-scale disasters. Similar weather systems, featuring moisture from the Amazon near the surface and the jetstream crossing the Andes high above, were associated with floods between September and November 2023 A combination of factors makes these floods more likely. For instance, warm ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific (still currently the case, even as El Niño starts to decay) is associated with these weather systems as are abnormally warm tropical Atlantic temperatures which add more moisture to the air brought south in the flying river Is this event a sign of things to come for southern Brazil? As the atmosphere warms, it can carry more water, which means there is the potential to form massive clouds and heavy rains This is a bit like buying a more absorbent sponge: it can hold more water but when you squeeze We have analysed results from state-of-the-art climate models that are able to simulate storms across South America in detail These indicate that extreme rainfall like that happening now is likely to become more frequent in the future and such risks may in fact be underestimated by the previous generation of climate models People walk in a flooded street in Novo Hamburgo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 6, 2024. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) Flood-affected children play at a shelter in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 6, 2024. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) This photo taken on May 6, 2024 shows a flooded street in Novo Hamburgo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) Volunteers distribute food to flood-affected residents in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 6, 2024. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) Volunteers arrange relief supplies for flood-affected residents at a shelter in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 6, 2024. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) Flood-affected residents rest by a tent in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 6, 2024. Severe storms have inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29. Over 100,000 people have been evacuated in 334 cities of the state. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) According to reports from the state government 11 people have died and 18 were reported missing Damage to homes has left over 4,000 people displaced Many of those disaplced are being housed in emergency accommodation in local schools or other public buildings The Military Fire Department carried out about 2,400 rescues in two days teams were continuing to search for several people reported missing mostly in areas of Caraá and Três Forquilhas At least 7 major roads have been blocked or closed to traffic A bridge that connects Três Cachoeiras to Morrinhos do Sul was partially destroyed locate missing people and provide full support to families and the Secretariat for Logistics and Transport is already analysing compromised bridges and roads so that we can act in an emergency and free passage in these locations.” In total 49 municipalities in the state have bee affected by the severe weather As much as 300 mm of rain fell in 24 hours in Maquiné The level of the Caí River in the municipality of Montenegro jumped by more than 2 metres in a short space of time on 16 June Flooding affected several municipalities in northern parts of the state after heavy rainfall in early March 2023 One person died after a vehicle was swept away by the flooding of the Três Forquilhas river in Terra de Areia Thousands of people were displaced and 2 people died after prolonged rainfall caused multiple rivers to overflow in July 2020. Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Unprecedented floods have engulfed major Rio Grande do Sul cities where 135,000 people have been pushed from their homes Streets are flooded after heavy rain in Sao Sebastiao do Cai said the flooding of the Guaíba River—a major body of water in the state of Rio Grande do Sul — is unlike anything he’s seen before “Rio Grande do Sul has never had a flood like this A video shared online on Saturday night showed a human chain of dozens of people stretching into the flood waters in Canoas, Brazil, to help pull in a boat full of people plucked from rooftops. That scene was repeated again and again over the weekend. Right now, water levels in the Guaíba River are a foot and a half higher than they were during the 1941 flood. Thousands of people have lost their homes. Porto Alegre’s airport, Salgado Filho, is underwater and flights are expected to be canceled through the end of the month Emergency messages and sirens blared from loudspeakers in many neighborhoods in recent days as residents were ordered to flee as rising flood waters breached dikes and poured into neighborhoods Since the beginning of the flooding disaster, 20,000 people have been rescued in Rio Grande do Sul — with many being rescued by local residents who have been using their own boats and jet skis Fabiano Saldanha is one of those residents helping. He was interviewed by a Brazilian media outlet over the weekend They don’t have anything left,” Saldanha told press Other residents can be found cutting cabbage at a makeshift community soup kitchen in the working-class neighborhood of Cruzeiro, organized by the state chapter of Levante Popular da Juventude which means Youth Uprising social movement the group cooks to deliver food for neighbors in need they’re making hundreds of meals to deliver to those hit hardest by the floods — one of dozens of initiatives like this across the region “The key word right now is solidarity,” said Lucas Gertz Monteiro “This has motivated the people here over the last few days.” About 82% of the residents of the municipality of Sao Leopoldo have been forced from their homes due to the floods And almost 20,000 people are in shelters across the region right now Alexandre Zavascki is a doctor attending to people at one of the centers “The main thing I’m treating people for now are things like people have preexisting conditions there is a team for psychiatric care because people are impacted and traumatized with what has happened,” he said Countless videos online show people being rescued off of corrugated metal rooftops Brown floodwaters swallowed the rest of the homes a woman in a striped black and white shirt lays on a roof ma’am,” reassures a rescue worker beside her who is trying to help her get into the helicopter Governor Eduardo Leite told press on Saturday night that they would need absurdly exceptional measures “Rio Grande do Sul is going to need a type of Marshall Plan of reconstruction Something like the reconstruction plan for Europe after World War II.” “Rio Grande do Sul is going to need a type of Marshall Plan of reconstruction,” he said “Something like the reconstruction plan for Europe after World War II.” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva flew over the disaster on Sunday. He promised to rebuild roads and help free up necessary funds for the state. He’s also called for a plan to prevent a future disaster like this. Environmentalists say the state’s relaxation of environmental legislation contributed to the tragedy by clearing forest land for agriculture that would have helped absorb excess runoff. They also blame local officials for refusing to implement public policies that would have prepared the region for the disaster.  “Here in Porto Alegre, there were floodgates stuck because of a lack of maintenance. Pump houses, too. A few of them weren’t working. One or two bursts,” said biologist Paulo Brack, a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. “So, yes, there was a huge lack of preparation on the part of Porto Alegre’s City Hall. And unfortunately, there was no preparation for this event by the Porto Alegre municipal government or the Rio Grande do Sul state government.” Experts say the water levels in Porto Alegre’s Guaíba River could remain above flood levels for the next 10 days 70% of residents in the region lack potable water Gustavo Türck, a local journalist with the community media outlet Coletivo Catarse said his family has electricity and running water for now “It’s only a matter of time before the water runs out We’ve never lived through anything like this and it’s going to be a long time before the city rebounds from this tragedy.” Brazilians everywhere are doing what they can to help Dozens of people chipped in at one community effort last night in Florianópolis shoes and water into a truck already headed south this is all people can do: Help and pray for clear skies delivered to your inbox every weekday morning Thanks to our sponsor PRX is a 501(c)(3) organization recognized by the IRS: #263347402 2024 shows rescue team members transferring people affected by flood in Scharlau May 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 75 people have died from severe storms that inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29 the Civil Defense agency said in its latest report released Sunday Another 155 people have been injured with 103 still missing while 107,600 people have been evacuated to safety in 334 of the state's 496 cities has been ravaged by record downpours that have devastated numerous towns and lead to unprecedented flooding in the state capital of Porto Alegre some 780,000 residents have been affected by flooding with thousands of people forced to flee their homes by boats or climb onto rooftops in hope of being rescued by helicopters Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite described the situation in his state as a "war scene." ■ 2024 shows a view of a flooded street in Scharlau 2024 shows a car sitting in flood waters in Scharlau 2024 shows cars sitting in flood waters in Scharlau 2024 shows a view of a flooded petrol station in Scharlau 2024 shows a rescue team member (R) evacuating people in Scharlau Residents affected by flood receive supplies in Scharlau 2024 shows a view of flooded buildings in Novo Hamburgo At least 75 people have died from severe storms that inundated large swaths of south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state since April 29 Residents affected by flood receive supplies in Novo Hamburgo A rescued woman (rear) evacuates from the flooded area with her pet dogs in Novo Hamburgo 2024 shows a view of a flooded street in Novo Hamburgo 2024 shows rescue team members evacuating people affected by flood in Novo Hamburgo The flood-affected residents embrace each other in the floodwaters in Novo Hamburgo A dog is trapped on the rooftop of a building submerged by floodwaters in Novo Hamburgo but pretty much every skater from Brazil seems to possess this special form of power and style that most other skaters across the globe simply don't have.  Carlos Ribeiro undeniably falls under that list power and seamless style on and off the board He's a good dude and it's really cool to see his late father being honored by the locals of Novo Hamburgo Brazil for his commitment to Carlos and the community "We were so stoked to get to be visiting when the city revealed the sign and dedicated the park to him!" Sometimes it's just the little things Seeing Carlos and his family out there at the skatepark will certainly bring out some emotion.  Whether you're a fan of Carlos or simply curious I'm sure you'll learn a thing or two about this humble ripper and his roots.  Video / @totheendsfilm Don't miss another headline from TransWorld SKATEboarding! Subscribe to our newsletter and stay connected with the latest happenings in the world of skateboarding By Brian Blakely is a Writer for TransWorld SKATEboarding 2020 8:18 PMLooking into a large paleoburrow in Brazil (Courtesy: Heinrich Frank)NewsletterSign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsSign Up It was in 2010 that Amilcar Adamy first investigated rumors of an impressive cave in southern Brazil A geologist with the Brazilian Geological Survey (known by its Portuguese acronym CPRM) Adamy was at the time working on a general survey of the Amazonian state of Rondonia he eventually found his way to a gaping hole on a wooded slope a few miles north of the Bolivian border Adamy couldn’t study the cave in detail during that first encounter But a preliminary inspection revealed it wasn’t the work of any natural geological process formed by water within the same geology underlying this particular hillside Those caves looked nothing like this large “I’d never seen anything like it before,” said Adamy who resolved to return for a closer look some day another Brazilian geologist happened upon a different a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul was zipping down the highway on a Friday afternoon when he passed a construction site in the town of Novo Hamburgo in a bank where excavators had eaten away half of a hill so Frank went back a few weeks later and crawled inside he found what looked like claw marks all over the ceiling Unable to identify any natural geological explanation for the cave’s existence he eventually concluded that it was a “paleoburrow,” dug by an extinct species of giant ground sloth “I didn’t know there was such a thing as paleoburrows,” says Frank hardly any burrows attributed to extinct megafauna had been described in the scientific literature after his chance discovery in Novo Hamburgo Frank caught the burrow bug and began finding them in droves Surveying a 45-mile stretch of highway construction near the city of Porto Alegre Frank and his students identified paleoburrows in more than 70 percent of road cuts Although many are completely filled with sediment like the one that first attracted Frank’s attention he squeezed through an elliptical shaft roughly four-feet wide Extrapolating from the original size of the hill sliced away for the highway he calculated that the original burrow was about 250 feet long not counting for twists and turns that it surely once included “There’s no geological process in the world that produces long tunnels with a circular or elliptical cross-section “I’ve [also] seen dozens of caves that have inorganic origins it’s very clear that digging animals had no role in their creation.” Frank has documented at least 1,500 paleoburrows so far sometimes you get the feeling that there’s some creature waiting around the next curve – that’s how much it feels like a prehistoric animal den,” he says It wasn’t until 2015 that Amilcar Adamy of the CPRM had an opportunity to return to that strange cave in Rondonia It turned out to be the first paleoburrow discovered in the Amazon It also turned out to be one of the largest ever measured with branching tunnels altogether tallying about 2,000 feet in length The main shafts — since enlarged by erosion — were originally more than six feet tall and three to five feet wide; an estimated 4,000 metric tons of dirt and rock were dug out of the hillside to create the burrow “This wasn’t made by one or two individuals,” says Adamy over generations.” Frank describes it as an exciting “We knew that there could be burrows this big,” he says “This huge one in Rondonia simply confirms that they do exist.” Frank has found burrows that were originally several hundred feet long More than 1,000 total feet of tunnel have been measured in another burrow in the Gandarela Mountains far to the north in the state of Minas Gerais Frank’s received reports of one burrow more than 3,000 feet long in Santa Catarina Frank believes the biggest burrows — measuring up to five feet in diameter — were dug by ground sloths He and his colleagues consider as possibilities several genera that once lived in South America and whose fossil remains suggest adaptation for serious digging: Catonyx Others believe that extinct armadillos such as Pampatherium were responsible for even the largest burrows the sheer size of the burrows is something that Frank and his colleagues are still trying to explain Whether prehistoric sloths or armadillos were responsible the burrows are far larger than would be necessary to shelter the animals that dug them from predators or the elements weighs between 65 and 90 pounds and is found throughout much of South America Its burrows are only about 16 inches in diameter and up to about 20 feet long “So if a 90-pound animal living today digs a 16-inch by 20-foot borrow what would dig one five feet wide and 250 feet long?” asks Frank Dating the burrows also remains guesswork at best — animals don’t dig holes after they go extinct they had to have been dug at least 8,000 to 10,000 years ago when South America’s giant ground sloths and armadillos vanished Dating organic material found in burrow sediments — which has yet to be done — would reveal when sediments washed in but not necessarily when the burrow was dug growing on burrow walls could be used to calculate an age although that hasn’t been tried yet either Another head-scratcher is the strange geographic distribution of paleoburrows While common in the southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina almost unknown just to the south in Uruguay (though some of the first ever described were found even further south in Argentina) very few have been found farther north in Brazil and Frank is aware of just a tiny handful of possible burrows in other South American countries He doesn’t think he’s biased because he happens to live and work in the heart of burrow country Frank has colleagues who have searched extensively elsewhere in Brazil and come up mostly empty searching for images of caves posted by others he frequently identifies paleoburrows by details unwittingly captured in photos like one of a smiling troop of Brazilian boy scouts posing in front of a cave wall covered with claw marks In other parts of the country and continent people post pictures of caves that they visit but practically none of them look like they were originally dug by animals Though North America was also once home to giant ground sloths and giant armadillos “The fact that we don’t have them here could simply be that we’ve overlooked them,” says Greg McDonald a Bureau of Land Management paleontologist who studies extinct South American sloths “[Or] it may be that we had them up here but didn’t have the right types of soils that allowed them to survive for a long time.” unanswered questions are raised by absence of paleoburrows an extinct creature about twice the size of today’s nine-banded armadillo was widespread in Pleistocene North America and had forelimb morphology very similar to that of modern armadillos Beautiful amardillo remains are frequently found in caves but not ones scientists have ever thought were actually dug by the animal is that paleoburrows are found in North America as was the case in South America until quite recently “Something can be out there and they’re so common and people just take them for granted,” he says “And [no one knows] till somebody with a little bit of curiosity takes a closer look and says For the handful of scientists in South America studying paleoburrows there’s a long list of research projects to design all revolving around the same basic questions: who At the top of Frank’s list is to better describe patterns emerging from observations he’s collected studying paleoburrows for the past decade Some are simple shafts; others are complicated works of underground engineering with branching tunnels that twist and turn and rise and fall to form a network with more than one entrance Some occasionally open up into much larger chambers We’re starting to understand this better,” Frank says we’ll be better able to infer what kinds of different animals were digging them.” Register or Log In Want more?Keep reading for as low as $1.99 Subscribe Save up to 40% off the cover price when you subscribe to Discover magazine. ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication, the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007. This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes. By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements, you consent to the use of cookies. To learn more or to opt out, click "Further Information". This photo taken on May 9, 2024 shows a flooded street in Santo Afonso, Novo Hamburgo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The death toll from deadly storms in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 116, the Civil Defense agency said on Friday. Another 143 people were missing, with 756 injured and around 400,000 evacuated, according to the agency's latest update. 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