‘I’ve seen things no one should go through’: the overwhelming scale of loss in Brazil’s floods
The Guardian -

In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, authorities are struggling to find shelter for half a million displaced people as a health crisis loomsAs the rain poured down during the night of 3 May, a stream of people began to arrive at the Lutheran University of Brazil in Canoas, a city in the southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul. For a week, heavy rains had been pummelling the landscape, raising river levels and flooding homes, forcing many to seek shelter elsewhere.Three weeks later, the...

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