Brazil

Southern Brazil continues to grapple with the chaos caused by the downpour. Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite said that 15 more dead bodies were found in the town of Muçul as the flood waters receded, bringing the death toll to 21.…

Four people have died in flooding in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, with onlookers capturing the dramatic moment when a house was swept away. Severe storms caused widespread flooding and landslides in over 15 cities,…

Brazilian local councilor Sabaha Filho threw away 300,000 reals out of the window of a state building in Candido Mendes, claiming that it was bribed to him by Mayor Jose Bonifacio Rocha de Jesus to resign. Scattering the money saying "This…

A tragic blast at a grain silo in Palotina, Parana, a major grain-producing region in Brazil, has left eight dead and 12 injured. One person is still unaccounted for. The cause of the explosion at the C.Vale Cooperative, along…

The number of people who died in the collapsed four-storey apartment building in the Janga district of Recife, the capital of Pernambuco state in the northeast of Brazil, rose to 14. It is estimated that the building was destroyed due to…

A four-story apartment building in the Janga district of Recife, the capital of the state of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil, collapsed for an unknown reason. Local authorities reported that eight people, two of whom were children, lost…

An armed attack on the Professor Helena Kolody State School in Cambe, Parana State, southern Brazil, killed one student and wounded another. According to the government of Parana, the assailant, who is a former student of the school,…

Flooding occurred in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul due to heavy rains. State Governor Eduardo Leite announced that 2 people died in the city of Sao Leopoldo and 1 person died in the coastal region of Maquine, and 12 people were…

At least 4 children killed and 4 others injured in an attack with an ax and a knife at a kindergarten in Blumenau, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Police arrested the 25-year-old male suspect. Police told that suspect had jumped…