The socioclimatic tragedy affecting Rio Grande do Sul is the worst in the country in terms of the number of people who needed to leave their homes. An analysis by Folha grouped all disasters ...

More than 3,500 people were displaced as towns flooded in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Rains were forecast to continue. By John Yoon A cyclone battered southern Brazil early ...

An aerial view on Wednesday of one of the worst natural calamities to hit the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Credit...Nelson Almeida/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...