2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods

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2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods

Porto Alegre during the floods
Date	29 April 2024 (2024-04-29) – ongoing
Location	Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Northern Uruguay
Deaths	171[1]
Non-fatal injuries	806+[2]
Missing	61[1]
Property damage	R$19 billion (US$3.7 billion)[3]

The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods are severe floods caused by heavy rains and storms that have hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the adjacent Uruguayan cities of Treinta y Tres, Paysandú, Cerro Largo, and Salto. From 29 April 2024 through to May 2024,^[4] it resulted in over 170 fatalities,^[1] widespread landslides, and a dam collapse. It is considered the country's worst flooding in over 80 years.^[4]

The floods marked the fourth such environmental disaster in Brazil within the past 12 months, following similar calamities that killed 75 people in July, September, and November 2023.^[5][6]