Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/persistent-brazil-floods-raise-specter-climate-migration-2024-05-13/

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Monstera@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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c0mpost@lemmy.eco.br · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's not as big as France, even though it's covered very populated areas in 450 municipalities. There are actually over 300k affected homes with over 500k displaced, of which over 80k are in emergency shelters. The damage to transportation, water and electricity infrastructure was immense.

Source: I've been displaced from the capital because of water and energy cuts.

Monstera@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
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