Nova Friburgo is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the mountainous region,in the Center Mesoregion of the state,136 km (85 mi) from the capital Rio de Janeiro. The town is 846 m (2,776 ft) above sea level,with a population of 191,158 (2020) and its area is 933 km2.
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 2007 Chittagong mudslides occurred in the port city of Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh. On 11 June 2007,heavy monsoon rainfall caused mudslides that engulfed slums around the hilly areas of the city. Experts had previously warned the increasing likelihood of landslides due to the Bangladesh government's failure in curbing the illegal hill cutting taking place in Chittagong.
The 2009 Messina floods and mudslides occurred in Sicily on the night of 1–2 October,mainly along the Ionian coast in the Province of Messina. They also affected other parts of northeastern Sicily and killed a total of at least 31 people,some of whom were swept out to sea. More than 400 people were left homeless,as many houses collapsed.
The 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that affected Madeira Island in Portugal's autonomous Madeira archipelago on 20 February 2010. The flash flood killed 51 people,of whom 6 are still to be found,and injured 250. Around 600 people were left homeless.
The April 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 April 2010. At least 212 people died,161 people have been injured,while at least 15,000 people have been made homeless. A further 10,000 homes are thought to be at risk from mudslides,most of them in the favelas,the shanty towns built on the hillsides above downtowns. Damage from the flooding has been estimated at $23.76 billion reais,about 8% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Rio de Janeiro State.
The global weather activity of 2010 includes major meteorological events in the Earth's atmosphere during the year,including winter storms,hailstorms,out of season monsoon rain storms,extratropical cyclones,gales,microbursts,flooding,rainstorms,tropical cyclones,and other severe weather events.
The 2010 China floods began in early May 2010. Three hundred and ninety-two people died,and a further 232 people were reported missing as of June 30,2010,including 57 people in a landslide in Guizhou. Fifty-three of the deaths occurred from the flooding and landslides between May 31 and June 3,and 266 deaths occurred between June 13 and June 29. Four hundred and twenty four people were killed by the end of June,including 42 from the Guizhou landslide;277 more were killed and 147 were missing in the first two weeks of July,bringing the death toll as of August 5 to 1,072. A landslide in early August in Gansu killed at least 1,471 people and left 294 missing. In total,the flooding and landslides killed at least 3,185 people in China by August 31. More than 230 million people in 28 provinces,municipalities,and regions,especially the southern and central provinces and regions of Zhejiang,Fujian,Jiangxi,Hubei,Hunan,Guangdong,Guangxi,Chongqing Municipality,Gansu,Sichuan,and Guizhou,and the northeastern province of Jilin were affected,while at least 4.66 million people were evacuated because of the risk of flooding and landslides in the latter half of June. By early August,over 12 million people were evacuated,and that number rose to 15.2 million by August 31.
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.
The 1985 Puerto Rico floods produced the deadliest single landslide on record in North America,that killed at least 130 people in the Mameyes neighborhood of barrio Portugués Urbano in Ponce. The floods were the result of a westward-moving tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa on September 29. The system moved into the Caribbean Sea on October 5 and produced torrential rainfall across Puerto Rico,peaking at 31.67 in (804 mm) in Toro Negro State Forest. Two stations broke their 24-hour rainfall records set in 1899. The rains caused severe flooding in the southern half of Puerto Rico,which isolated towns,washed out roads,and caused rivers to exceed their banks. In addition to the deadly landslide in Mameyes,the floods washed out a bridge in Santa Isabel that killed several people. The storm system caused about $125 million in damage and 180 deaths,which prompted a presidential disaster declaration. The tropical wave later spawned Tropical Storm Isabel.
On 2 May 2014,a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District,Badakhshan Province,Afghanistan. The death toll is uncertain,the number of deaths varying from 350 to 2,700. Around 300 houses were buried and over 14,000 were affected. Rescuers responding to the initial mudslide were struck by a second mudslide,which further hampered rescue efforts.
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.
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.
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.
Events in the year 2023 in Brazil.
In September 2023,heavy rainfall and strong winds from an extratropical cyclone resulted in the deaths of at least 47 people in Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil,940 injured,and caused $1.3 million in damage. Flooding also impacted several municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul,including Bento Gonçalves,Caxias do Sul,Ibiraiaras,Lajeado do Bugre,Nova Bassano,Santo Expedito do Sul,and São Jorge. The floods also prompted a state of emergency to be declared in the state by governor Eduardo Leite.
