The May 2024 Flood Disaster in Southern Brazil: Causes, Impacts, and SWOT‐Based Volume Estimation

Abstract In May 2024, southern Brazil experienced a severe flood that caused widespread devastation, particularly in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. This disaster resulted from a rare combination of atmospheric conditions: a heatwave stalled a cold front, leading to prolonged and intense rain...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iury T. Simoes‐Sousa, Carolina M. L. Camargo, Juliana Tavora, Agata Piffer‐Braga, J. Thomas Farrar, Tamlin M. Pavelsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112442
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!