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• Aerial footage shows scale of flooding in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul – video

  03-05-2024 21:36
  
  Footage shows a flooded area in Rio Grande do Sul state after heavy rains have caused massive destruction in the region. Torrential downpours in the southern Brazilian state have killed dozens of people, with more than 70 still missing, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homesBrazil: 37 killed and dozens missing in worst floods in 80 years Continue reading...
  
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• Brazil: 37 killed and dozens missing in worst floods in 80 years

  03-05-2024 20:28
  
  More than 23,000 people forced to leave homes after heavy rains in southern Rio Grande do Sul prompt record-breaking floodsHeavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes.It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a year, following floods in July, September and November that killed 75 people in total. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It’s so frustrating’: two years on and still no justice for Bruno and Dom murders

  03-05-2024 16:00
  
  Three men await trial in Brazil for the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, but no date is set and Amazon activists still live in fear of violenceNearly two years after Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were murdered during a reporting trip in the Brazilian Amazon their families are still waiting for justice and activists fear their deaths will not be the last.The British journalist and the Brazilian Indigenous expert were ambushed and killed on 5 June 2022 while travelling by boat to the ri
  
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