Over 100 people are missing or confirmed dead in Brazil, the government said on Sunday (May 29), as mudslides and major floods brought about by heavy rains tore through several urban neighbourhoods in the north-eastern part of the country.
It was the fourth major flooding event in five months, underlining a lack of urban planning in low-income neighbourhoods throughout much of Brazil, where shantytowns are often built on hillsides prone to collapse.
The destruction also comes as scientists begin to question whether abnormal rain cycles in Latin America’s largest nation could be a result of climate change.
