Brazil

More than 40 municipalities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state have been placed on high alert due to a series of forest fires that have ravaged the region. Over 20,000 hectares of land have been destroyed, with fires reported at 2,700…

Two people died while fighting the flames in the forest fires in the city of Urupes in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. "We currently have 30 cities on high alert due to major fires. We are working to bring the situation under control…

A mass fish death occurred in River Piracicaba, where industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol factory was allegedly illegally discharged, in Brazil's Sao Paulo. Ten to twenty tons of fish perished in the river. Sao Paulo environmental…

An Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo encountered severe turbulence, injuring at least 30 passengers. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner made an emergency landing at Natal Airport in Brazil. Medical teams treated passengers for…

The devastating flood triggered by heavy rains on April 29 in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has claimed the lives of 149 individuals, with 124 others still reported as missing. The Rio Grande do Sul…

The number of people who lost their lives in the floods that occurred after heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state on April 29 increased to 136 and the number of injured increased to 756. More than 27,000 personnel resume rescue…

The number of deaths caused in the ongoing flood disaster in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul increased to 127. Authorities also reported that 756 injured people were hospitalized and the search for the 141 missing people…

The ongoing flood disaster across the the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul spread to the Salgado Filho International Airport in the capital, Porto Alegre. The runway of the airport got entirely covered by the flood waters.…