Brazil: 92% of municipalities have already recorded climate disasters
In a single day, Luiz Antônio Ceccon saw his entire life story and his work on Ilha da Pintada, in Porto Alegre, washed away by the waters of the Jacuí River.I raised livestock, worked as a fisherman, and lost a boat and fishing nets. I had sheep, goats, and pigs—I lost everything," said Ceccon.He and his wife survived the torrential rains and floods that, in May 2024, devastated 468 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, affecting over 2.34 million people and leaving 183 dead, 806 injured, and 27 missing.In the north of the country, just months before the floods in the south, the community of Tumbira, in Iranduba, Amazonas, was beginning to recover from a prolonged drought in February 2024—one that was stronger and longer than in previous years.With no rainfall, the Negro River drop...