Heavy rain over the past two months across several Brazilian states has caused flooding that has affected dozens of cities and left thousands homeless. In just the past two weeks, landslides and floods in the state of Minas Gerais reportedly killed at least 12 people. Authorities have issued a number of alerts as they continue to monitor any dams that might burst. Below, recent images of the flooding in the states of Minas Gerais, Pará, and Maranhão.
Heavy Rainfall Causes Severe Flooding in Brazil
- Alan Taylor
- January 12, 2022
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Water flows over the Carioca dam, after pouring rains in Pará de Minas, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on January 11, 2022. #
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An aerial view of flooding at the Carioca dam in Pará de Minas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on January 11, 2022 #
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Residents observe a damaged road after heavy rainfall in Pará de Minas, Brazil, on January 11, 2022. #
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A man travels in a boat with his rescued cat during flooding in Marabá, Pará state, Brazil, on January 9, 2022. #
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Antonio Alves surveys the damage inside his flooded house in Imperatriz, Maranhão state, Brazil, on January 6, 2022. #
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Cats are seen on the roof of a flooded house in Imperatriz, Brazil, on January 6, 2022. #
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Joelma Rodrigues walks through floodwater in a street in Imperatriz on January 6, 2022. #
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A chameleon tries to stay out of the water during flooding in Imperatriz on January 6, 2022. #
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Francisco Mesquita uses a canoe as he observes flooded houses in Imperatriz on January 7, 2022. #
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An aerial view of flooded houses, after heavy rains caused an overflow of Rio Paraopeba in Juatuba, Brazil, on January 11, 2022. #
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Debris is left behind on a bridge as the flood recedes in the Brazilian municipality of Raposos, on January 11, 2022. #
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People wade through water as they remove belongings from their homes in the flooded Brazilian municipality of Juatuba on January 10, 2022. #
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A man removes mud from a house after the floodwater receded in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #
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Lines showing different levels of flooding can be seen left behind inside the bathroom of a flooded house in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #
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Washington Rogerio Guimaraes had his home flooded after heavy rains caused the Marmelada River to overflow on January 11, 2022, in Abaeté, Brazil. #
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A man cleans a supermarket shelf after a flood in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #
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Floodwater covers a residential street in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #
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A woman sweeps mud from the floor of a store after the receding of the floodwater in Raposos on January 11, 2022. #
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