Overall Green alert Flood
in Brazil

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103254
Death: 0
Displaced: 80
Countries: Brazil
From - To 01 May - 04 May

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Brazil - Severe weather and floods (ECHO 17 May 2025)Mon, 12 May 2025 10:16

  • Heavy rainfall and strong winds affected Rio Grande do Sul , the southernmost state of Brazil and the neighbouring Santa Catarina state over the past few days, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents, mainly due to the strong wind that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • In Santa Catarina state, media report as of 12 May, two fatalities in the area of Palmistos municipality and Caibi municipality and six injured people in Mondaí municipality. In addition, media also report 20 displaced families and 150 damaged houses across the state.
  • In Rio Grande do Sul state, media report 13 displaced people and two damaged houses in Santa Maria municipality and approximately 100 damaged houses across the Soledade municipality.
  • Over the next 96 hours, no more rainfall is forecast over southern Brazil.
Amazonas State, Brazil, May 2025The government of Amazonas State, Brazil, reported over 20 municipalities were in a state of emergency for flooding as of 19 May 2025. According to government reports, 209,000 people were affected.Tue 20 May 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),