More Brazilians are dying in floods and downpours
It’s not just the water that is killing them
Between late May and the start of June 130 people died as a result of heavy rains in the state of Pernambuco in north-eastern Brazil. In February and March at least 240 people perished in Petropolis near Rio de Janeiro following severe flooding in the city’s hinterland. In just the first five months of 2022, more people died in rain-related disasters than in the whole of 2021.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Rain strain”
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