Neither Porto Alegre, Brazil, nor Valencia, Spain, are in the news this week. But they have been before, and almost certainly ...

Rio Grande do Sul floods in Brazil, 183 people died and over 600,000 Brazilians were displaced. Staff and faculty at the ...

Perils has updated its industry-loss estimate for the September floods in Central Europe and Italy to EUR2.19bn ($2.4bn).

Five cities in southern Brazil have suspended classes due to the region’s heat wave. Temperatures in some places have risen ...

Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has disclosed its third industry loss estimate for the floods in ...

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has now raised its insurance industry loss estimate for the severe flooding experienced across parts of Central Europe ...

Unplanned water release raises Rio Grande flood concerns ...

In Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port and a global leader in climate resilience and innovative urban solutions, the delegation ...

Most were in Rio Grande do Sul, where more than 740,000 missed classes during the floods that devastated the state in May 2024. Daniel Cara, an education policy researcher at University of Sao ...

The flooding and intense rainfall has also had a major impact on Rio Grande do Sul's economy, which involves agriculture and cattle breeding. The federal government has promised massive aid to ...

The researchers found that for every 0.1°C increase in the global average air temperature, Brazil experienced an estimated economic loss of BRL 5.6 billion.