Porto Alegre — From top to bottom, rescuers have been scouring buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in apartments or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the ...

Since the end of April, the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil has been hit with heavy rainfall, causing the Guaíba River to overflow and flooding the capital city of Porto Alegre. Dozens ...

A drone view shows the field of the Arena Grêmio stadium in Porto Alegre flooded, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on May 6. (Amanda Perobelli/Reuters) A drone view shows the field of the Arena Grêmio stadium ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 23 (Reuters) - Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday, ruining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding areas which had previously ...

Porto Alegre Airport seen prior to the flood. Credit: Trevisan Aviation Images / Alamy Stock Photo Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre (POA) in southern Brazil remains closed ...

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 with ...

Karine Pitana had just paid off the last installment on her new couch when floods tore through her hometown of Canoas in southern Brazil nearly two weeks ago. It was just a piece of furniture, but for ...