Image credit: NOAA-20/VIIRS. Taken from The Watchers.
Topic
Heavy rainstorms
Date
Friday, October 11 to Saturday, October 12 2024
Location
São Paulo and Brasília, Brazil
Why was it on the news?
According to The Watchers, the strong winds and heavy rain that battered central and southeastern Brazil left 8 people dead. In São Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state, seven people had died from being toppled by falling walls and trees (phys.org). The heavy rain came after a record breaking drought of more than 165 days without rain in Brasília. Experts believed that the drought was linked to climate change (phys.org).