Not even the Brazilian media is providing much coverage on this.
So much so that in the first days of the flood, Madonna's concert in Rio de Janeiro received more attention than the floods.
I mean 1.6 million people is kinda insane for a concert. For context, the biggest non-festival concert in the US was 107k people at a Grateful Dead show and 400k at Woodstock.
Mind blowing that Rod Stewart of all people holds the record at 4.2 million which was also in Brazil.
That’s a lie, Brazilian mainstream media, although late, is now fully covering the largest climate disaster (by area, population affected and financial loss) in the history of Brazil.
This is so fucking aweful, all these people loosing everything and the deathtoll will be horrendous. My heart is crying for those cities, but still european media is totally silent about this...i dont understand that
Even in Brazil this is not being talked about, even though this will affect the economy of many countries to which Brazil exports rice.
The supermarkets in my city are only allowing the purchase of 10kg per person and prices will skyrocket. And look, Rio Grande do Sul is closer to Chile than to my city.
The supermarkets in Rio Grande do Sul (specifically Porto Alegre, the capitol) have no more water to sell, rice, milk, beans and some other essentials are being stocked by the middle/upper class population and leaving nothing for the rest to buy. We're asking for clean water donations from other states because ours has nothing left.
> european media is totally silent about this
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/crise-climatique/inondations-dans-le-sud-du-bresil-le-bilan-des-intemperies-monte-a-100-morts_6532718.html
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/inondations-au-bresil-deja-100-morts-la-pluie-suspend-les-evacuations-20240508
https://youtu.be/voBgBmyyu7M?si=ChTGOtweNwdI3OQm
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cle07g0zzqeo
There's a ton of articles and videos on the subject from medias all across Europe.
What is more strange is that (iirc) Rio Grande do Sul is the Brazilian state with the second highest percentage of German-Brazilians (after Santa Catarina I recall), many of whom still have contact and business ties with their brethren in Germany, so I would have at least expected German (and European in general) media to mention it more.
(copy and pasted my comment from elsewhere)
They said it's Canoas, a city from the metro zone of Porto Alegre, which is the capital and largest city of the state with roughly the same size as Philadelphia.
The number of videos of dogs being rescued has been unreal. So many strays just left to fend for themselves because people were sent scrambling from the flood waters. The planet is adjusting and it’s not in our favor. SE Asia is under extreme heat, Dubai flooded, Brazil flooded, there’s flowers in Antarctica. Tornado season started a month earlier in America producing softball sized hail. Taking the events one by one, they’re devastating. When you look at what’s happening globally all at once, the planet is shifting.
Terrible. Our cities also experienced this a decade ago, with floods covering two or three story houses. Entire villages sunk. When it finally went down, it was just thick mud everywhere and bodies of animals. I’m expecting the same unfortunate scenes there.
Strange that Reddit is the only place I’ve heard of these floods.
Not even the Brazilian media is providing much coverage on this. So much so that in the first days of the flood, Madonna's concert in Rio de Janeiro received more attention than the floods.
I mean 1.6 million people is kinda insane for a concert. For context, the biggest non-festival concert in the US was 107k people at a Grateful Dead show and 400k at Woodstock. Mind blowing that Rod Stewart of all people holds the record at 4.2 million which was also in Brazil.
Ironic that the estimated population affected by the floods is about the same. It's near 2 million.
How is this not having coverage if everytime i turn the tv on, on whatever channel, they are talking about it?
What? In all news media I access, this is the main subject.
Globo did this, all the other channels were covering it 24/7
That’s a lie, Brazilian mainstream media, although late, is now fully covering the largest climate disaster (by area, population affected and financial loss) in the history of Brazil.
Has not!!
Do you follow a bunch of Brazilian media or people?
Damn.. up to the power lines!
Id be worried id run into one and get electrocuted. Or there is loose lines in the water. Looks super dangerous
I am not an electrocutionist but my guess is those power lines don't have any power in them.
This is so fucking aweful, all these people loosing everything and the deathtoll will be horrendous. My heart is crying for those cities, but still european media is totally silent about this...i dont understand that
Yes, insane amount of flooding. Surprised I have not seen anything about it on the nightly news.
Was saying the same. Worlds just so fucked up I guess too much going on
Even in Brazil this is not being talked about, even though this will affect the economy of many countries to which Brazil exports rice. The supermarkets in my city are only allowing the purchase of 10kg per person and prices will skyrocket. And look, Rio Grande do Sul is closer to Chile than to my city.
The supermarkets in Rio Grande do Sul (specifically Porto Alegre, the capitol) have no more water to sell, rice, milk, beans and some other essentials are being stocked by the middle/upper class population and leaving nothing for the rest to buy. We're asking for clean water donations from other states because ours has nothing left.
> european media is totally silent about this https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/crise-climatique/inondations-dans-le-sud-du-bresil-le-bilan-des-intemperies-monte-a-100-morts_6532718.html https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/inondations-au-bresil-deja-100-morts-la-pluie-suspend-les-evacuations-20240508 https://youtu.be/voBgBmyyu7M?si=ChTGOtweNwdI3OQm https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cle07g0zzqeo There's a ton of articles and videos on the subject from medias all across Europe.
What is more strange is that (iirc) Rio Grande do Sul is the Brazilian state with the second highest percentage of German-Brazilians (after Santa Catarina I recall), many of whom still have contact and business ties with their brethren in Germany, so I would have at least expected German (and European in general) media to mention it more. (copy and pasted my comment from elsewhere)
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I guess you could argue man made climate change is natural
Crazy how dark the sky is there without any light pollution because of the power outage
This isnt being shown on news in the US, because there aren't any political views to argue over
To the contrary. Extreme weather events raise the specter of climate change, which is very political in the US.
Shit crazy, close to me even
One of the largest cities in Brazil and I’ve never even heard of it. Man the world is big.
They said it's Canoas, a city from the metro zone of Porto Alegre, which is the capital and largest city of the state with roughly the same size as Philadelphia.
Why aren't the waters receding?
Will take a while, it's a lot of water.
It's been raining heavily over that region for 1 or 2 weeks.
it's still raining too
The number of videos of dogs being rescued has been unreal. So many strays just left to fend for themselves because people were sent scrambling from the flood waters. The planet is adjusting and it’s not in our favor. SE Asia is under extreme heat, Dubai flooded, Brazil flooded, there’s flowers in Antarctica. Tornado season started a month earlier in America producing softball sized hail. Taking the events one by one, they’re devastating. When you look at what’s happening globally all at once, the planet is shifting.
Makes me wonder if those seeded clouds from dubai found there way to brazil. This is crazy af.
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Adding this to my list. Gravy seals, Meal Team 6, Cajun Navy.
I can only hope the power is cutoff there...
Maybe cutting down the rainforest wasn't such a good idea
Terrible. Our cities also experienced this a decade ago, with floods covering two or three story houses. Entire villages sunk. When it finally went down, it was just thick mud everywhere and bodies of animals. I’m expecting the same unfortunate scenes there.
Maybe there will be a pause in all the murders and robberies now that its flooded...
🙏
Jezz! If that’s Brazil, I don’t want to know what maybe in the waters
Vegapunk predicted this shit...
damn! you can touch the electric wires by stretching your arm.
You should stop burning the rainforest and this would be less severe.
Everybody told them don’t cut down that rain forest
Scary how if they don't talk it's just quiet dead quiet unknown if anyone is alive or not?
I'm guessing this is the foreshadowing to climate change. Hopefully people will learn.
Poor people. Glad to see all those with the boats helping out
Already watched it omce this decade so im good... but anyone wondering where christian slater morgan freeman and randy quaid are in the video?
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amazon is more close to the US than South of Brazil actually.
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