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Brazil floods leave hundreds of towns under water
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| A drone view shows the flooded neighborhood of Mathias Velho Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil on May 9, 2024 Credit: Diego Vara/Reuters |
Heavy rains which caused widespread flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have left hundreds of towns under water.
At least 85 people died in the floods and about 150,000 have been displaced from their homes, officials said.
Some towns remain isolated and hopes of finding the more than 130 people who are still missing are dwindling.
Further heavy rains forecast for this week are expected to further exacerbate the situation in the region.
Many residents had to leave their homes, with some of the most vulnerable people evacuated by rescue workers.
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| Rescue workers have been evacuating the most vulnerable people Credit: Reuters |
The Brazilian Airlines Association said on Tuesday that the airport in Porto Alegre would remain closed until at least the end of the month after the Guaíba river burst its banks and flooded the runway and key buildings.
The river reached a record high level of 5.3m (17.4ft), local officials said. The previous record was reached in 1941 and stood at 4.76m.
The airport is not the only large building which had to close in Porto Alegre, a city which is home to some 1.5 million people.
The pitch of the Arena do Gremio stadium is also covered in brown sludge.
The situation in some of the areas surrounding the city of Porto Alegre is even worse. Canoas is one of those badly hit.
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| Canoas, on the outskirts of Porto Alegre, remains flooded Credit: Reuters |
The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity and strong winds.
Climate expert Francisco Eliseu Aquino told AFP news agency that Rio Grande do Sul had always been a meeting point between tropical and polar air masses but said that "these interactions intensified with climate change".
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Terrible. Stay safe friend. As usual, the Governing Body will highlight this catastrophe to ask for more money from the Rank and File and use it to pay for lawyers and court fees.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the update. Seeing people come together to help one another because it's the right thing to do makes my heart happy.
ReplyDeleteStay safe man! I love Brazil and its people, I wish your state a speedy recovery
ReplyDeleteSome useful links for you to understand what is happening here.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68968987
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-68969337
How to donate to the biggest solidarity campaign in Rio Grande do Sul:
For donations in dollars - USD, please go to https://donate.stripe.com/00g4j4cqi3Jib8kbII
For donations in British pounds - GBP, please go to https://donate.stripe.com/8wM6rcgGy3JiccofZ3
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Thanks for adding the donation links. I gave a what I could.
DeleteThanks! ❤
DeleteThank you!!!!
DeleteMore links here for donations:
Deletehttps://brazilfoundation.org/en/donate-now-funds/
https://www.vakinha.com.br/vaquinha/a-maior-campanha-solidaria-do-rs/
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Deletemuito bom!! vamos ajudar.
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Deletemuito bom matthews!!!!
DeleteThere should be an apostate GoFundMe.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/brazil-floods-hundreds-of-rio-grande-towns-under-water
DeleteNot enough people are talking about this flooding. It's unbelievable 💔
ReplyDeleteHello my dear countryman! É nois! 🇧🇷
ReplyDeleteAccording to information I received from Brazilian dissent, the helicopter is not from Bethel but from a brother who lent it. What happens is that they put a JW sticker on the helicopter because advertising is the soul of the business. There was an article on the SBT news in RS where they interviewed a group of JWs who were waiting for other JWs and told the reporter that they were taking the JWs to their brothers' homes.
I saw this interview and remembered these verses:
DeleteLuke 6:32, 33 - “If you love those loving you, of what credit is it to you? For even the sinners love those loving them. 33 And if you do good to those doing good to you, of what credit is it to you? Even the sinners do the same.
my mom sent me a video of a couple holding jw.borg signs saying they were there to help and were taking refugees the their homes etc had to contain myself to ask what were they doing to help non jws, thought jesus told us we were supposed to help regardless of faith
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ReplyDeleteExcellent post. thank you friend. keep safe .
ReplyDeleteNow we can use our brains and think of how much worse these events will get as each year goes on. We're fucked.
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DeleteThe walls are really closing in, even in minor ways in my personal life. More logging, more hunting (guided ones with tourists who get tags over residents, more suspicious/aggressive people as police respond less and less, more ATVs (destroying our road), noisier neighbours, more clearing of land and building….
So much for the Canadian wilderness. The micro and macro are both fucked.
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DeleteFloods in Brasil, Houston, England none of these events are hitting close to home.
DeleteHeatwaves in Vietnam, Mali, etc.
Droughts in Eastern Spain, etc.
None of these events are happening anywhere close from home, what should we worry about?
Didn't Texas get some big time flooding recently?
DeleteHouston is in Texas if I’m not wrong
DeleteThank you for sharing this important information. Please stay safe. ❤️
ReplyDeleteOne untold scary part of flood is all the human stuff flushed into nature, from sewers sludge to the latest electronic crap.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing awareness to this. Just devastating. My thoughts are with you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I hope you're ok. And your English made perfect sense!
ReplyDelete“The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity and strong winds.”
ReplyDeleteOk BBC, let’s say it together “caused by climate change”.
Or tell it like it really is and say soon to be average.
DeleteYeah I was speaking to my customer in Brazil yesterday.
ReplyDeleteHe sounded a bit scared! And for good reason 40+ are known to be dead there will likely be more once the waters finally reced
Esta é uma tradução para o português assistida por inteligência artificial, então por favor desculpe quaisquer erros. Sinto-me terrivelmente mal por todos os afetados, não apenas economicamente, mas psicologicamente. Inundações são aterrorizantes. Não tenho sido o mesmo desde que experimentei uma inundação catastrófica onde moro. É aterrorizante quando algo assim acontece porque não há muito que possamos fazer.
ReplyDeleteÉ horrível que algo tão alterador de vida (ou que põe fim à vida) para tantas pessoas mal receba atenção nas notícias. Obrigado por postar isso para nos informar.
This is devastating, I am sorry for your country
ReplyDeleteI lived in Porto Alegre for two years. I can't believe the photos I'm seeing.
ReplyDeleteThis is just the start, folks.
It’s only a matter of time until it happens wherever you are.
ReplyDeleteWow that's really bad, please be safe.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the outbreak of Dengue fever no one seems to be talking about ...
ReplyDeleteThis is terrifying and fascinating, thanks for sharing 😨
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing. be safe there
ReplyDeleteI just love how the government made no plans after the first time. We are a stupid species.
ReplyDeleteHoly mother of god… That is a lot of water.. 😳
ReplyDeleteThank you for this news. Stay safe Matthews, I wish the best possible outcome for you and your loved ones.
https://youtu.be/Z1SlzOuH6gM?si=kZOGoatls02ausdJ so much terrifying footage in this link. Hope you stay safe and thank you for posting here.
ReplyDeleteI’m so so sorry. I’m praying for you all
ReplyDeleteThe problem that right wingers refuse to accept is that we are a global community. What we do in one part of the world affects people in other parts of the world. We are raining destruction on people and places that have no say in the matter.
ReplyDeleteWith right wingers, they know but don't care because it doesn't affect them. The destruction may even be the point. You may have misunderstand their 'raison d'être'.
DeleteI hear you like Águas de Março so I put some extra Águas in your Águas.
ReplyDeleteTime to start smoking again, get some coffee and watch the movie. I live about 2 KM above sea level for a reason.
ReplyDeleteCara, sinto muito. Aqui no nordeste vivenciamos o oposto com ondas de calor extremas. Decidi que o que me resta de vida não vai ser gasto na corrida de ratos capitalista. Não dá pra evitar a depressão. Mas é isso.
ReplyDeleteUrgent Appeal: Help Victims of Historic Flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil! 🚨
ReplyDeleteDear Friends,
As you may be aware, the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil is currently facing its worst flooding crisis since 1941. Thousands of families have been displaced, homes destroyed, and livelihoods shattered. In this time of dire need, we're reaching out to you for your support.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of donors like you, we have already raised over $2 million dollars to aid those affected by this devastating natural disaster. Every dollar counts and makes a tangible difference in providing essential relief and support to those who have lost everything.
We are grateful to have the support of several influential figures who have joined our cause, lending their voices and resources to help raise awareness and funds for the victims. You can find links to their profiles below, where they share their support for our relief efforts:
Your donation, no matter how big or small, will directly contribute to providing emergency supplies, shelter, food, and medical assistance to those in need. Together, we can make a significant impact and help rebuild the lives of those affected by this tragedy.
Please donate generously and share this appeal with your friends, family, and networks. Let's stand in solidarity with the people of Rio Grande do Sul during this challenging time and show them that they are not alone.
Thank you for your compassion and support.
Sincerely,
Héctor Antonio Parizzi Bosa
Donate Now: https://www.vakinha.com.br/vaquinha/a-maior-campanha-solidaria-do-rs?utm_internal_source=home_most_loved
I think this situation is a great example of collapse due to climate change, which I think is what may actually kill us in the end.
ReplyDeleteThis (my state) is one of the greatest producers of grains and protein (cow, pig, chicken, eggs), and unlike most of the newest western states which focus on Soy, we had a very diverse food production for the whole country.
Now this flood has probabily killed millions of animals (we havent been able to investigate it yet) and has probabily ruined most of the crops. Now not only we may face a food shortage but also a huge price spike. So now not only poverty will increase due to the destruction of the wealth production but also price increase will reduce money power.
I used to think my state would be a safe haven due to its fertility but it has become a climate trap where almost 85% of the state has felt flooding effects one way or another.
My city only has one small road leading out of it because all others have been flooded and now we may be running out of stored food and many places have been running out of drinking water, and a nearby city had 60% of its landmass flooded and its 350.000 citizens have been strugling with water, food and violence.
What charities and organizations can we donate to?
ReplyDeletehttps://brazilfoundation.org/en/
DeleteHehehe, chaos! Bring on the collapse!!!
ReplyDeleteJesus, how bad were the floods in 1941?!
ReplyDeleteI think it's not such a accurate title, the river level this time have already passed 4,77m above normal level and expected to continue rising, while it peaked at 4.76m in 1941. Also, from what I gather it was more of a steady increase back then.
DeleteA important difference is that they didn't have a lot of anti-flood infrastructure in 1941, while now they do, except it was not really prepared to deal with this magnitude of a flood.
Edit - correction, today the level has already passed 5m above normal.
Update: the river is at 5,3m today (in Porto Alegre).
DeleteIn other regions it was over 30m
5,3m "today" in five days ago, right?
DeleteAt this point I read that even climate change deniers are slowly waking up… these kind of floods will be the new normal and it’s only gonna get worse from here. As it has been for the past decades if anyone was paying attention
DeleteI think if you look carefully you'll find that a lot of the "climate change deniers" aren't actually denying that the climate is changing. Rather they question the wisdom at this point of destroying the economies of the countries best situated to come up with workable solutions by forcing them to switch to far less reliable, and possibly more environmentally harmful, means of energy production when it isn't actually being suggested by many climatologists that lowering CO2 production at this point would have any noticeable effect on weather. Just for grins, we might want to consider that the developing countries, chiefly China and India, already release far more CO2 than the developed countries that are being pushed to reduce fossil fuel use without first establishing alternate means of energy production, storage or distribution. And the developing countries have no intention of slowing down the growth of fossil power plant construction. We are facing wind events capable of taking down windmills and power transmission lines, rain events that can block sunlight for prolonged periods and water events that can overwhelm dams and disrupt hydroelectric power production. I am hearing and reading that it can take 10 years to design and construct modern nuclear power facilities. I think we had better get busy.
DeleteWho exactly is saying this? Climate scientists the world over and scientific bodies like the IPCC consistently advocate for immediate and aggressive action to curtail emissions. There is no scenario where continuing “business as usual” leaves us off any better off than transitioning to and incorporating renewable sources of energy (which, I might add, are becoming increasingly cost-effective and sustainable, with measures that can mitigate the intermittency issues you mentioned).
DeleteNo one who is worth listening to. It is way more cost effective to deal with it now than at any point in the future, from an economic perspective. Economies not dealing with it are the entire reason we are in this mess
DeleteWhat measures? And what about the countries who are already releasing more CO2 than the Western economies and are planning to INCREASE the number of carbon-emitting power plants? You haven't actually responded to anything I said. Even if the US and Europe were able to make a transition to low-carbon energy sources, the atmospheric CO2 levels will continue to increase. Developing countries have made no unbreakable commitments to stop building out coal and petroleum infrastructure. The battery technology you seem to allude to is nowhere to be found. The EV transportation options are proving to have technical problems that make their use extremely hazardous, and I am not hearing any suggestions for PRACTICAL solutions. There is not even anything in place to safely and efficiently recycle components of EV's. Most of the power used to charge the current EV's comes from burning carbon fuels, and places where EV's WILL be the only choice for drivers in a very few years lack the infrastructure for power generation and transmission to support the adoption of EV-only transport. Restricting use of legacy power generation at this point, before alternative measures are IN PLACE, will result in EV owners being unable to use their vehicles, to say nothing of the need to expand power production to areas not currently served by adequate electricity. One thing that is being consistently - and I think intentionally - ignored by proponents of outlawing carbon-based transportation is the cost of maintaining battery-powered vehicles, where the cost of required battery replacement can be half the cost of a new vehicle in as little as 5 years without any consideration of the fact that the vehicles will not stop having the usual requirement for maintenance and the depreciation in value; that is to say, you will be planning to replace batteries that cost more than the book value of the 5-year-old vehicle. People who can afford to purchase new cars as the batteries become unusable will not be replacing batteries, and the used cars will not be resellable without replacing the batteries - which as I said, will raise the cost of purchasing a used vehicle above the actual worth of the vehicle based on normal wear and deterioration of the other components. That's just cars. Work vehicles required to be in service for long distances or with high loads require larger batteries, to the point that the battery is forced to use a majority of its charge capacity just to move itself. We still have absolutely no practical approach to providing the high speed or long haul transportation our distribution system is designed to rely on. We don't have anything like the rail system that is required for bulk transport, and even if we did it would still require movement of goods from central distribution centers to local stores. I could go on. There are already plenty of sources for all this information and more. Given time most of the problems can and probably will be solved. But putting unrealistic time limits on carbon energy use - and the continued refusal to consider nuclear sources of power generation, which needs to be addressed and solved NOW - will only result in runaway inflation, local shortages of essential goods and services, and further stratification of society based on who can afford vehicles and a range of other energy-requiring technologies that are already moving out of reach of a significant proportion of the population.
DeleteRio Grande do Sul governor, Eduardo Leite, is a piece of shit. What happened there is a tragedy, but not a unexpected one, since the floods are happening since last year. He argued with weather organizations about their previsions, calling them exaggerated. Now the whole state have a 50 thousand dollar budget (that’s right, only 50 thousand) for more than 300 cities, including the capital
ReplyDeleteIt’s a tragedy that a politician will put his ideological agenda above the people
It's 50 thousand reais actually, which is about 1/5 of a dollar.
DeleteNot only that, but there was this Aurora winery that had people working in situations similar to slavery and suffered major losses when people found out. He fucking sent 40 MILLION BRAZILIAN POUNDS (reais) to help the winery to get back on its feet.
Deletehttps://www.brasildefato.com.br/2023/09/22/governo-do-rio-grande-do-sul-concede-incentivos-fiscais-de-r-40-milhoes-a-vinicola-aurora-apos-casos-de-trabalho-escravo
People like this in power are horribly dangerous and we hate them!
DeleteHow do they keep getting re elected by voters then?
DeleteFollow the money. Bribes, payoffs, loans, etc. Edit: also Trump straight up committed election fraud to "win."
DeleteTrump is the worst of the worst humanity has to offer. How people keep electing him baffles me
DeleteWe didn't. He cheated.
DeleteI Forget how lucky I am to live in the UK. Natural disasters are pretty much non existant here.
ReplyDeleteI’d feel so insecure knowing that nature could tear my life away from me like that.
This kind of thing didn't happen in this part of Brazil either, it only started very recently.
DeleteThere was never a disaster in Brazil.
DeleteDonald Trump did this.
Just a reminder, it’s not the worst since 1941, it’s the worst ever
ReplyDeleteIt’s the worst in the history of the state
ReplyDeleteWas in fact not lit.
ReplyDeleteI always feel so sorry for all the street dogs and animals that will perish in those floods
ReplyDeleteIt’s really sad and unfortunately many are probably dying, but at least I can share that really a LOT of animals are being rescued too, they are not being left behind by the population and it’s a relief to see that
DeleteClimate change.
ReplyDeleteIt's real.
Do your part.
I've seen the before videos of tall bridges across the river. Now those bridges are almost completely submerged.
ReplyDeleteThat is a LOT of water
a non-zero number of said bridges do not exist anymore as the water carried them.
Deletesource: me a local.
my city is finally seeing some sun since the other thursday
ReplyDeletewe're getting some hot days for now, but it's supposed to rain again on wednesday
nearly 5 months worth of rain in a week does that
also to make it worse, the rains are affecting mostly river cities and they ALL flow into the same direction. the state capital Porto Alegre and the metropolitan area are all suffering the consequences
access to my city and many others are interrupted because of either partial or total destruction of the roads, you can only get on foot (also thanks to improvised small footbridges)
yesterday they finally were able to start doing small recovery work so at least light traffic can flow and allow trapped people to return to their places
In 1941, my father was four.
ReplyDeletePeople on the radio kept talking about The War and how it would eventually arrive and destroy everything (even though it was happening in the other side of the ocean and the other side of the equator).
One day, the flood came and destroyed everything. My father thought that was The War.
My father was on the shoulders of his brother-in-law, as he — the brother-in-law — walked the railroad, the only ground high enough and safe to find ground under his feet, as he got water in up to his chest.
From his brother-in-law shoulders, he watched people atop the roofs of their own houses, islanded, dumbfounded.
In his child mind, he thought he was seeing the war.
I'm 47. I feel I'm seeing The War.
História preciosa
Delete"that can never happen here" people who live somewhere it hasn't happened yet.
ReplyDeleteIn 1941 we got an atypical month of rains that's never happened again.
ReplyDeleteThis time, it ain't atypical length of rainy days, but it's intensity. And it's happened in 2023, as well, just with not so terrible consequences and intensity.
The air over São Paulo is unusually hot and rain clouds, that usually pass over Rio Grande do Sul with moderate rains, don't advance north over São Paulo. They stay here until all their content drops over the entire state. As an incredibly large area of the state is within the Jacuí Basin, all the rain drains to the Jacuí river. Those closer to the river's mouth, in it's lower parts, get all drained water.
This is the new normal for Rio Grande do Sul.
This is the effect of global warming people say doesn't exist.
And this is not the worse since 1941. This is the worse ever. 1941 was the worse until two days ago.
ReplyDeletefourth in a year, and this one is like the previous 3 combined
ReplyDelete"Have you ever seen pacific rim? Now think floods instead of kaiju"
ReplyDeleteIt happened half a year or something ago, but our state governor did nothing to prevent or lessen the effects neither of them
ReplyDeleteI remember people talking about this a few months ago when they were having record heat.
ReplyDeleteIs this only due to extreme weather or has deforestation and cheaping out on water management play a role here?
ReplyDeleteTerrible situation. Hope they can quickly supply the region with the necessary help and needs.
Extreme rain, the name of the state (poorly) translated is "big river of South" , the highest the water ever had before was 4.76 meters, today it was at 5.30, the ant-flood sistem just can't take it
Delete*sorry if anything is wrong English is not my first language
its far worse than 41
ReplyDeleteFor foreigners who want to help, here are some ways. Share if you can: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6oqsvBuRX6/?igsh=MXFkcjJmdzJvbHJ4Yg==
ReplyDeleteHoly fuckballs.
ReplyDeleteIf it's the biggest catastrophe can we get one real person to talk about it instead of an AI?
ReplyDeleteLove how it cuts very breifly to a guy sitting on top of his tipped over, and flooded care smiling and giving a thumbs up
ReplyDeleteWhen in shit...
DeleteFor everyone who doesn't know. Brazil is prone to massive monsoons. Gringo here, once saw 115mm of rain drop in BH, Belo Horizonte, in less then an hour. So people understand, I live in Ontario, with snow and everything, we average 525mm of water from the sky a year.
ReplyDeleteSe imaginan...!!!! Hace cuántos miles de años que la temperatura del mundo no estaba en tal desequilibrio... A muchos países les está azotando una gran sequía y a Brazil una devastadora inundación...! Qué esperamos para dejar de consumir Coca-Cola, chatarras y empezar a cuidar el medio ambiente? El problema no solo son las grandes empresas, el problema es que consumimos sus productos y lo hacemos en grandes cantidades.
ReplyDeleteAún estamos a tiempo de cambiar el futuro.
Si están considerando hacer habitable la luna o marte, es por qué conocen el destino del mundo.
Cambiemos ese destino por que más del 97% de la población mundial no podremos comprarnos un boleto a esos lugares.
Nothing like a soulless badly synchronized AI voice to shamelessly beg for money and support. I wonder if the proceeds will actually go to impacted communities.
ReplyDeleteFriend, 2.5 million dollars have already been raised, there are several influencers from this state supporting this donation ex @badinocolono on Instagram
ReplyDeleteShit, has someone checked to see if Lara croft is trying to find some super ancient treasure there???
ReplyDeleteWondering how much of this is due to the deforestation of the Amazon. Anyone know?
ReplyDeleteThis tragic disaster is just one in an increasing number we have seen and will see as the planet heats up. We HAVE TO STOP putting CO2 and methane in the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels. As important as it is to collectively throw some money to these people who have lost everything, it’s even more important that we collectively change our behavior! Get solar, switch to an EV, reduce your meat consumption, support birth control and education for women and girls worldwide, replace your furnace and AC units with a heat pump. Plant trees. Fight the burning of the Amazon forest. Fight to shut down coal plants, support shifting to renewables, even nuclear (yes I said that).
ReplyDeleteWe are literally creating hell on earth with apocalyptic disasters of biblical proportions and strangely the church (at least here in the US) is on the wrong side of most things that can help. It’s almost like they have been tricked by satan…
I guess that is what happens when you decimate your forests
ReplyDeleteLook devastating
ReplyDeleteI'm from Rio Grande do Sul. Specifically, the city of Carlos Barbosa, up in the mountains. I'm really glad this is being talked about by non-locals. The situation is bad.
ReplyDeleteI'll take this opportunity to give my perspective/more information.
First of all, I'll talk about the current state of things;
The water didn't reach my area, but it did completely flood some lower-lying houses. The rain began around April 29, and it didn't stop raining in my region until around May 3. There's also been plenty of landslides, and a highway collapsed, blocking off one of the main entrances to the city. Also, many places have run out of water, including my school and my friend's house.
Although, if anything, my city was spared. The tows in Taquari Valley (which had been hit really hard by a previous event like this in September 2023) were hit horribly hard. My teacher has a friend that lived in Estrela (located in the valley), and she told us that "there is no city anymore". Terrifying. This will take months, if not years to recover.
And I won't even mention the countless rural towns and communities that got blocked off from the rest of civilization because of floods and road closures. And, some of them, just getting destroyed entirely. Also, a dam started cracking. So, you know, not good.
Going down to the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre. The metropolis is home to over 2 million people, and it's getting wrecked right now. The Guaíba River has reached its highest level since 1941 (as the post says), I don't know how bad the '41 floods were, but this is just horrible. The historic center had to be evacuated, and all the roads are completely flooded. People are using boats instead of cars, because... well, it's literally a river. The airport was also completely inundated, so... pretty much, we're stuck.
Now, I have more info on the situation in the Serra, since I live there. But rainfall levels reached over 500mm in the week between April 28 and May 4, which is more than we usually get in over two months.
The rain has somewhat stopped after the 4th, at least here. I'm sure I'm missing a whole lot of info, since I don't watch the news that much. But people are saying that it's gonna get worse... I hope it doesn't.
It's good that this is getting international coverage, because the situation is really bad. We're a pretty nice place with loads of culture and history, and these floods going around destroying everything is just breaking my heart. If you can, please help.
brazilians are gathering donations in Florida US if anyone is interested
ReplyDeleteAirlines companies will do the transportation for free to Rio Grande do Sul
flood? more like a tsunami
ReplyDeleteI thought that was a jedi in the first second.
ReplyDeleteEarth go kaboom
ReplyDeleteThe flood is the worst in history righ now.
ReplyDeleteAnd there you have it... The "thoughts and prayers" brigade muscling in again on other people's misery and misfortune.
ReplyDeleteYa gotta love em.
God blessed them with flooding 🤦♀️
ReplyDeleteYeah... I always wonder about that mentality of asking for prayers after god apparently didn't mind dumping massive amounts of water on them to start with. Like what, he's going to go oh shit, my bad I didn't notice where all that water was going after hearing some prayers?
DeleteDon’t worry Madonna is putting on a concert
ReplyDeleteYeah that's what happens when ya cut down the biggest rain forest in the world.
ReplyDeleteRio Grande do Sul where this is happening is the farthest state you can get from the Amazon. It's on the border of Uruguay and Argentina. I agree the deforestation is terrible but it doesn't have much to do with this crisis directly (not to mention Brazil isn't solely to blame as many international interests are at play there too). The global effects of climate change as a whole absolutely do have an impact, but places all over the world are at fault for that, and the floods have been greatly worsened this year by El Niño. Regardless, blaming the Brazilian people in a time of tragedy like this is cruel and unsympathetic. Many people who are not at fault at all are suffering terribly
ReplyDeleteEverythin' in the world is connected to each another. You burn plastic in Asia and the Arctic ice melts makin' it difficult for the polar bears to hunt properly and that fucks up the eco system. Every human being on the planet is at fault. The poor flora and fauna are the ones that suffer because of us fuckin' humans.
DeleteThey do keep on destroying the jungle, right? It's only natural now.
ReplyDeleteTbh as a gaúcho, I think we brought our own suffering, some definetly deserve It, others don't. The deforestation and disrespect we showed caused all of our problems now
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10, how much is deforestation to blame for this?
ReplyDeleteThe answer is to cut more amazon trees for money
ReplyDeleteBolsanaro and so many other right wingers
All these people standing way too close to washed out areas. 😱If the land in front of you washed out, the land right next to it that you’re standing on could go any second. Have some sense of self-preservation.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we shouldn't be chopping down rain forests and replacing them with cities
ReplyDeleteRainforest is not at all being replaced bu cities. It's cattle. And is very far from Rio Grande do Sul, further than Florida is actually. The main culprit of the rain is the infamous El Niño.
DeleteGood. Mother Nature throwing her weight around, giving us mild warnings like this. But we won't listen.
ReplyDeleteWith hundreds of people dead and thousands missing, I think I speak for all of Rio Grande do Sul’s population when I say: go fuck yourself.
DeletePeople dont care about global warming anywhere in the world, or at least they didnt.
DeleteNow its coming it bite them in tbe ass.
Sad to say but hopefully this will finally make us al realise that its time to drag out the climate terrorist and corporate heads onto the streets and give them justice for how horrifically they fucked over humanity as a whole.
It's absolutely unfortunate that this loss of life would likely be the direct result of deforestation in the form of devastating forest fires last year which by the way, benefitted certain industries.
ReplyDeleteIt's mostly El Niño. From the other side of the Andes.
DeleteiDios mio!
ReplyDeleteWrong language
DeleteA friend of mine is a firefighter that lives there, he is helping to rescue a lot of people, show him some love, he deserves it u/xGuizeraa
ReplyDeleteHere it is his ig https://www.instagram.com/_guizeeraa/
That's what they get for having demonic festivals and mocking god in public like that
ReplyDeleteBrazil decided to destroy the environment, and they are reaping the results. They chose this path.
ReplyDeleteI hope your country gets flooded too
DeleteOh it will, don't you worry.
DeletePretty sure god is the one behind this.
ReplyDeleteClimate change isn’t real /s
ReplyDeleteSince the beginning of time
DeleteAre you trying to make a point with this comment? Because this isn't like any other climate event on earth.
DeleteThat you know of. The Earth is billions of years old.
DeleteThe thing is, Extinction level events leave behind a LOT of evidence. So I can't stop you from ignoring facts and the latest science, but it's free public information in case you're interested. I didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings.
DeleteAre you saying this is an extinction level event? A city being flooded? This same thing has almost definitely happened dozens of hundreds of time before Man's time. In a year, there'll likely be no evidence of this flood ever happening. It's called time.
Deletesigh no... This flood is one of over thirty just like it this year around the globe, and I'm talking about all of them AND the extreme rise in temperatures. The southwestern United States is forecasted to have an ADDITIONAL 85 days of temperatures exceeding 110°f. Are you aware that the oceans have broken the "hottest average ocean water temperature" every single day for over a year? I'm talking about "human influenced global climate change" that is verifiable, and happening right now. We are in the early stages of an extinction level event, and this flood in Brazil is a literal drop in the bucket. And it's only May.
DeleteAnyways, I'm talking about how you said nothing else like this has been seen. Both me and that one person are referring to how old the earth is, as we disagree by saying that this has definitely happened before.
DeleteWe're all gonna die, so I don't know why you're particularly opposed to us going extinct. We're leaving an ice age, and it's going to get incredibly hot. Too hot in some places. There's gonna be more liquid water, and it's going to cause massive changes and destruction. Why detest it though?
Not one time was extinction level events talked about. This is about the fact that you said “this isn’t like any other climate event on earth.” You have no clue how the climate has been over the billions of years it’s been here. But yet you claim this is a climate on Earth never seen before? We even have ice ages every tens of thousands of years. So what is your point?
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DeleteI'm taking about the man made climate event that's being talked about everywhere all around you and I both. Open your fucking eyes. I'm not going to type up a summarization here for you on the planets climate history, but the data and research is there for anyone to see, with cute little easily digestible videos with charts and graphs designed so a seven year old can understand and see into the past and PRESENT. It's like the old saying goes, you can take a horse to the river, but you can't make it drink. If you don't want to believe that this is a man made climate catastrophy happening right before your eyes, then just say that. Bury your head in the sand or whatever, but just know that this conversation we're having is just one more person trying to point out the fucking obvious for you. God damn willfully ignorant jack-wagons everywhere man, it's fucking nauseating.
An extinction level event is exactly what we've been talking about this whole time dipshit. We're in front row seats!
DeleteThis one is man made, to be clear on my take
DeleteNow it’s the City of Canoes.
ReplyDeleteAlready is. Canoes is Canoas in Portuguese.
DeleteThat’s convenient then.
DeleteRains and a dam collapsing
ReplyDeletehttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-floods-rio-grande-do-sul-climate-change-03c73512eae11f3799af19dfcdad54c3
Reminds me of New Orleans after Katrina 😱
ReplyDeleteSame I could only think of how bad it must be down there
DeleteExactly what i thought when i saw the first images of what's happening there. Which is crazy cause something we learn as kids at the school is how blessed we are to live in a country that's ujsafe from natural disasters.
DeleteWas talking to a friend that used to live there and still has family in the city. He told me that floodings used to happen from time to time but not with his intensity. Now it seems like shit like this is gonna happen every year.
ReplyDeleteThey had a 3 meter high dam to stop that from happening.
DeleteHad being the most important word here.
Ben Shapiro: "Why don't they just sell their homes and move?"
ReplyDeleteso sad. a colosal destruction of families' homes and property
ReplyDeleteWow some of you people in the comments are incredibly insensitive. I hope you never have to lose your homes in disasters.
ReplyDeleteWhere is everybody going to go? What is the government response to something like this? Are the people there SOL?
ReplyDeleteI have so many questions. . . .
I can't fathom how dirty that water is flowing through that city
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to say that this community and country are not alone with this unexpected weather. This weather is very similar to central parts of Russia, Kazakhstan and much of the southeast coast of Australia!
ReplyDeleteWhy was this not breaking news worldwide?
ReplyDeleteAsked myself the same thing, barely made a footnote in most news sites. At least in Brazil it's the main subject right now.
DeleteLooks like New Orleans
ReplyDeleteIs this going on while Madonna doing her concert
ReplyDeleteSo many disasters lately, i hope Noah is done with the boat
ReplyDeleteJesus!
ReplyDeleteYes, my servent. What is your request?
DeleteSo that global warming thing, is it still a thing?🤔
ReplyDeleteNot a single house on stilts
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans
ReplyDeleteOh no.....
ReplyDeletePole shifting
ReplyDeleteevery night baby
DeleteTime for US to donate money to Brazil
ReplyDeleteLooks like Queens. That's fucked up.
ReplyDeleteIsn’t this happening to Mauritius too?
ReplyDeleteMigrant formation in progress
ReplyDeleteShit this is creepy maybe we are near end of world
ReplyDeleteThat's terrible, but I think we need to re-evaluate what "completely" means.
ReplyDeleteDon’t cut down forests then
ReplyDeleteCanoas is located 4,500km from the Amazon. This is the result of El Niño, which YOUR COUNTRY is just as guilty of making worse with greenhouse emissions.
DeleteYeah. Know who is responsible for chopping down the Amazon? I mean, they have to approve the deforestation for agricultural purposes, but the United States is the main culprit buying the beef from them. So. Yeah. But this flooding is literally on the other side of Brazil. Has nothing to do with the rainforest. Isn't the Amazon actually experiencing a drought?
DeleteThese comments are so fucking stupid and entitled. The climate of RS is much more influenced by the poles than by the Amazon, being 2000km from it (Florida is probably just as close). And well, not like Brazil is an outlier in deforestation, and it releases way less pollution per capita than most Western countries.
DeleteInstead of shoving responsibility to others, focus on your own polluting country
Oh look it's the consequences of my actions.. (cutting down rain forest)
ReplyDeleteCanoas is located 4,500km from the Amazon. This is the result of El Niño, which YOUR COUNTRY is just as guilty of making worse with greenhouse emissions.
DeleteIgnora esses retardados, n tem oq fazer...
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DeleteThese comments are so fucking stupid and entitled. The climate of RS is much more influenced by the poles than by the Amazon, being 2000km from it (Florida is probably just as close). And well, not like Brazil is an outlier in deforestation, and it releases way less pollution per capita than most Western countries.
Instead of shoving responsibility to others, focus on your own polluting country
Guess no more Satan parades for them
ReplyDeleteGod willing, there Will be more Satan parades next year 🙏
DeleteSo that’s where our water went!
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