2022 Brazil floods and landslides

2022 Brazil floods and landslides

Date	January – May 2022
Location	Brazil
Cause	Heavy rains
Deaths	365 28 – January 231 – February 106 – May

In 2022, major floods and landslides occurred in Brazil.

Late January–early February

From 28 January to 3 February, a series of floods and landslides killed 28^[1] people in Brazil.^[2][3][4]

Mid-February

Main article: 2022 Petrópolis floods

On 15 February, heavy rain in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro killed at least 231 people.^[5][6][7]

May

Main article: 2022 Northeastern Brazil floods and mudslides

From 27 to 28 May, heavy rains in Recife and Zona da Mata, Pernambuco killed at least 106^[8] people.^[9][10][11] At least 5,000 people were displaced from their homes.^[12]

See also

• Weather of 2022
• 2020 Brazil floods

References

1. "Brazil – Floods and landslides, update (INMET, media)". Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
2. "Brazil rains: São Paulo floods kill 21 and destroy homes". BBC News. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
3. "Rain-fed landslides, flooding kill at least 19 in Brazil". AP News. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
4. "Brazil – Floods and Landslides in Sao Paolo Leave at Least 19 Dead". Flood List. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
5. "Brazil – Floods (UN OCHA, INMET Brazil, FloodList, media)". Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
6. "Storms near Brazil's Rio de Janeiro kill 38, fears toll may rise". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
7. Gaier, Rodrigo Viga (21 February 2022). "Death toll in Brazil's Petropolis mudslides, floods hits 176; more than 110 missing". Reuters.
8. "Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 106, 10 still missing". Reuters. June 2022.
9. "Heavy rains in Brazil's northeast kill at least 35". Reuters. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
10. "Sobe para 35 nº de mortos pelas chuvas no Grande Recife; só neste sábado, foram 30 óbitos". G1. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
11. "Death toll from Brazil floods at least 91, with dozens lost". Associated Press. 30 May 2022.
12. "At least 91 dead in Brazil floods and landslides with many more missing". the Guardian. Associated Press. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.