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Strategically located between Argentina and Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul is a hub for contraband and drug smuggling. Brazil’s southernmost state houses the country’s largest dry port, on the border with ...
Rio Grande do Sul was hit by another cyclone in June that killed 16 people and caused destruction in 40 cities, many around Porto Alegre. ClimateWatch: Climate Change News & Features ...
Heavy rains in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul since June 16 have caused significant damage across 90 municipalities ...
Nearly 400 municipalities have been affected by the worst natural calamity ever to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with hundreds of people injured and 160,000 forced from their homes.
At least 12 people have died, five are missing and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless after an “extratropical cyclone” hit Brazil’s Rio Grande Do Sul, local authorities say.
Heavy rains have killed at least two people in Brazil’s southern region Rio Grande do Sul, the state’s civil defense agency said ...
A survey by the Quaest institute, published in May of last year, showed that 99 percent of Brazilians believe the floods in Rio Grande do Sul are somehow related to climate change, and more than ...
Much of the infrastructure across Rio Grande do Sul was damaged during the floods. Months later, some of the destruction, such as this collapsed bridge, have yet to be fixed.
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 12 (Reuters) - Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert this Sunday ...
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul or UFRGS) originated as the Escola de Farmácia e Química in 1895, which united with several other higher ...