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2 days ago · Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the 12th-most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4,405,760 inhabitants (2010). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state. [6] Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the ...
1 day ago · PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 23 (Reuters) - Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday, ruining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding areas which had previously ...
3 days ago · In Porto Alegre, a 6-meter-high, 2.6-kilometer-long concrete flood wall erected in the 1970s was supposed to prevent such a tragedy. But, due to a lack of maintenance, a valve leaked water from ...
5 days ago · This is not the first time Porto Alegre has flooded. In 1941, floodwater rose to almost as high as it did this month, also destroying major parts of the city. In response, Porto Alegre built an extensive flood protection system … It worked well. But in the last few years, resources for maintenance and repair have been gutted. When the waters ...
2 days ago · But the skies opened once more on Thursday morning, dumping heavy rains and flooding areas of Porto Alegre all over again.In a span of 12 hours, parts of Porto Alegre received more rains than they ...
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3 days ago · The city of Porto Alegre is flooded after heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Credit: AP/Andre Penner By The Associated Press Updated May 23, 2024 ...
5 days ago · Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho continues not to be operational but flights are serving an Air Force base nearby. Brazilian authorities have released a new report updating the number of casualties in ...
