MiBaWi, 7 days ago to brazil

#Brazil #PortoAlegre #floodings #RioGrandedoSul #flooding #Canoas #flood - 5/18/24 update:

Deaths: 155 (154 RS+ 1 Santa Catarina)
Injuries: 806
Missing: 94

Rescued: 82,666
#Animals: 12,215 (registered)

Displaced: 617,390
Sheltered: 77,202
Accommodation: 540,188

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MiBaWi, 15 days ago to brazil

#Brazil #floodings #RioGrandedoSul #flooding #PortoAlegre #flood - 5/10/24 update

Deaths: 114
Injuries: 756 (⬆️)
Missing: 146

Rescued: 70,863
Animals: 9,984

Displaced: 337,116
Sheltered: 69,617
private accommodation: 267,499

Structures damaged: 61,400
Structures destroyed: 6,200

📸 PLANET LABS / #Canoas - before & after

peterdutoit, 20 days ago to brazil

We absolutely cannot ignore what is happening in #Canoas #Brazil.

The stories and images are heartbreaking.

https://youtu.be/URmRPBo48ao

This is all taking place with background heating of +1.3ºC (latest 5-year average) above preindustrial.

Our cities, our infrastructure cannot cope at this level of heating.

What happens when we reach 1.5º or 2ºC?

#ClimateCrisis