Officials identified the event as a meteotsunami, an uncommon tsunami-like surge caused by weather rather than seismic activity.

People in southern Brazil, already reeling from deadly floods, are bracing for more disruption after heavy rainstorms pummeled the area on Friday and meteorologists warned of more to come throughout ...

The rains may have abated, but floodwaters continued their assault on southern Brazil Monday, with hundreds of municipalities in ruins amid fears that food and drinking water may soon run out. Since ...

A big change in the weather pattern is coming for South America, one that may turn around the optimism from producers down there and change the course of the growing season weather. So far, fronts ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said ...

Devastating floods reshaped southern Brazil's landscape in May 2024. Rio Grande do Sul—the fifth most populous state in Brazil—was hit with unprecedented rainfall, affecting 2.3 million people. A new ...

Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit areas by floods in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul ...

SAO PAULOSAO PAULO — Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view of a flooded area following heavy rains that have hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Marcelo Oliveira/TheNEWS2 via ...

The Santa Rita neighborhood in the city of Guaiba, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, has experienced severe flooding since the rain began. Credit: ANSELMO CUNHA/AFP via Getty Images At the end of April ...