Rio de Janeiro,or simply Rio,is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro,in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay,facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It was the capital of Rio de Janeiro,as marked by its golden mural crown,from 1834 to 1894 and again from 1903 to 1975. It has an estimated population of 515,317 inhabitants (2020) and an area of 129.375 km2 (49.952 sq mi),making it the fifth most populous city in the state. It has the highest Human Development Index in the state and the seventh highest among Brazil's municipalities in 2010. Individually,it is the second municipality with the highest average monthly household income per capita in Brazil and appears in 13th place among the municipalities of the country according to social indicators related to education. The city has the nicknames of Cidade Sorriso.
Teresópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Rio de Janeiro,in a mountainous region known as Região Serrana. The Serra dos Órgãos National Park lies partly within the city limits. The city is known as the home of the Brazil national football team,since it hosts CBF's training ground at Granja Comary.
The climate in Brazil varies considerably from mostly tropical north to temperate zones south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
The 2008 Santa Catarina floods were floods in Santa Catarina,Brazil in November 2008. They occurred after a period of heavy rainfall,most significantly from 20-23 of November. The state had suffered constant rainfalls for over two months on the coast,which turned the soil wet enough to cause a landslide during the storm that hit the state in late November. It affected around 60 towns and over 1.5 million people in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. At least 128 people are confirmed to have been killed with over 78,700 being forced to evacuate their homes. A further 150,000 have been left without electricity,while water rationing is being carried out in at least one town due to purification problems. Santa Catarina state Governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira had earlier suggested that the final death toll was likely to be over 50,a figure that has proved optimistic. Several towns in the region have become cut off due to floodwater and landslide debris and on November 23 the Mayor of Blumenau,João Paulo Kleinübing,declared a state of emergency in the city. Water levels in the Vale do Itajaíhave risen to eleven metres above normal.
The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died,with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey after it was destroyed by landslides,and many more have been injured. More than 4,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes.
The 2010 Northeastern Brazil rains caused widespread flooding in the second half of June 2010. The flooding mainly hit Alagoas and Pernambuco,where entire villages were carried away,killing dozens and causing hundreds to disappear.
A series of floods and mudslides took place in January 2011 in several towns of the Mountainous Region,in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Casualties occurred in the cities of Nova Friburgo,Teresópolis,Petrópolis,Bom Jardim,Sumidouro and São Josédo Vale do Rio Preto. The floods caused at least 916 deaths,including 424 in Nova Friburgo and 378 in Teresópolis. While local media claims that the combination of floods,mudslides and landslides in Rio de Janeiro became the worst weather-related natural disaster in Brazilian history,some contend that a similar weather-related tragedy that took place in the same state in 1967 was much deadlier,and that an estimated 1,700 people lost their lives on that occasion.
Events in the year 2010 in Brazil.
Intense flooding and mudslides struck São Paulo (city) and São Paulo (state),Brazil,following heavy rain and killed at least 21. The downpour in São Paulo and the surrounding areas set new records for rainfall levels for the month of March and left cities covered in up to a meter of slowly draining mud and flood water. The rain occurred after months of drought.
Events in the year 2019 in Brazil.
From 17 to 29 January 2020,heavy rainstorms in the Southeast Region of Brazil caused widespread flooding and landslides in the states of Minas Gerais,Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro,being associated with Subtropical Storm Kurumí.
Events in the year 2022 in Brazil.
In 2022,major floods and landslides occurred in Brazil.
On 15 February 2022,intense rainfall in Petrópolis,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil caused mudslides and flooding that destroyed parts of the city. At least 231 people died in the disaster.
Floods and mudslides occurred in the Northeast region of Brazil in 2022. Its cause was the rains that hit mainly the state of Pernambuco,but also Sergipe,Alagoas,Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte. Precipitation volumes surpassed the historical monthly average in several cities in just three days.
During the 2023 Brazilian Carnival holiday weekend,record-breaking rainfall—reaching 682 mm (26.9 in) in 24 hours—caused deadly floods and landslides across the state of São Paulo. At least 65 people were killed,of which 64 were in São Sebastião.
Events in the year 2024 in Brazil.
The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods are severe floods caused by heavy rains and storms that have hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul,and the adjacent Uruguayan cities of Treinta y Tres,Paysandú,Cerro Largo,and Salto. From 29 April 2024 through to May 2024,it resulted in over 170 fatalities,widespread landslides,and a dam collapse. It is considered the country's worst flooding in over 80 years.
