In just eight months, floods have devastated entire towns in the Vale do Taquari region, in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul state, where family farming had a strong presence and agriculture ...

The amount comprises nearly 35% of all of the country’s municipalities, as per a study conducted by the government. The areas ...

These include doctors’ surgeries, clinics, health centers, and pharmacies. Already vulnerable territories were also impacted: ...

The phenomenon should be noticed between Monday and Wednesday, with thermometers registering temperatures five degrees ...

Agência Brasil visited a rescue and shelter station set up by hundreds of volunteers at the intersection of two major ...

In an interview with Agência Brasil, PUC-RS Professor Reis noted that state capital Porto Alegre is a floodplain area ...

In an interview with Agência Brasil, epidemiologist Alfredo Scaff, medical adviser to the Cancer Foundation, said that the ...

Due to the heavy rains that wreaked havoc across the state two weeks ago, over half a million people have been forced out of ...

Displaced people have more than doubled in 24 hours, bringing the total of individuals affected by the floods to 1.74 mi.

The outcome is down 23% from the fourth quarter last year, a performance said to stem from currency devaluation late in the ...

The aid is estimated to benefit some 200 thousand families in Rio Grande do Sul state, adding up to more than USD 230 mi.

The rate was higher than in the previous month but lower than in April last year. Food and beverages saw a 0.7% hike.