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Rio Grande do Sul rebuilding could mean relocating entire cities

Rio Grande do Sul Lieutenant-Governor Gabriel Souza said the state government is considering relocating entire cities after the floods that ravaged Brazil’s southernmost state.

“We have a series of challenges, and we cannot rule out having to remove entire cities from where they are, that is, rebuilding cities in other locations,” he said in an interview on Thursday.

Officials, engineers, and city planners are also considering replacing some neighborhoods with parks, building elevated houses, and adding new barriers and dikes in urban areas, convinced that rebuilding cities as they were will not be enough for the next climate crisis.

The mayor of state capital Porto Alegre added that there are not enough houses in the city to accommodate the around 30,000 people currently displaced or in shelters. Sebastião Melo said that the federal government should take responsibility for the housing crisis, and conduct public bids to encourage owners of unused real estate to sell their homes.

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‘Karma no.7′ by Nam June Paik

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This elderly woman was one of the leaders of demonstrations against the Vietnam War in 1968, when she was a student at Columbia University. Today, 56 years later, she returns to the same place and says, "Palestine must be free."

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Study shows higher Covid mortality in pro-Bolsonaro cities

Cities with a high percentage of voters for former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro recorded higher mortality during the peaks of the Covid pandemic, according to a study published on Monday in a Brazilian journal on public health.

The study focused on the peaks of excess mortality during the pandemic, in August 2020 and April 2021. “Excess mortality” measures the increase in the number of deaths during a certain period compared to a previous average and includes deaths from all causes. For a period in late March 2021, Brazil reported over 3,000 Covid deaths per day.

“Considering the 2018 election results, we observed a strong association between excess deaths at the two peaks of the pandemic,” the authors wrote.

“In general terms, each 1 percent increase in municipal votes for Bolsonaro from 2018 to 2022 corresponded to a rise of 0.48 percent to 0.64 percent in municipal excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic peaks,” they added.

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Take up space . At work. In your relationships. On the train. Don’t make yourself small for anyone.

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Brazil flooding will take weeks to subside, experts warn

Brazil's southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced to abandon their inundated homes.

Parts of Rio Grande do Sul state have seen more than 630 mm (25 inches) of rain so far this month, national weather service INMET reported – more than London's average rainfall in a year.

The waters of Lake Guaiba, which breached its banks to flood state capital Porto Alegre, have risen again this week to 5.22 meters (17.13 feet), well above the flood level of 3.0 meters and close to last week's all-time record of 5.33 meters.

Meteorologists and engineers at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) said water levels could stabilize or keep rising if it rains again. They said it could take a month before the water retreats below flood levels, based on historical comparisons.

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Megan’s Instagram Update (May 14, 2024)

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Let me hug him again, let me play with him again

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