More than 60 cities have been battered since Monday night by the storm, which has been Rio Grande do Sul state's deadliest, Gov. Eduardo Leite said. "The fly-over we just did, ...

Heavy rains in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul since June 16 have caused significant damage across 90 municipalities, resulting in two deaths and one missing person.

At least 39 people have died and nine remain missing after a cyclone battered Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul, flooding homes and swelling rivers, local authorities said on Thursday.

Rio Grande do Sul was slammed by another cyclone in June that killed at least 11 people. Daphné Anglès contributed translation. John Yoon reports from the Seoul newsroom of The Times.

In the days following the first case in Brazil, 1.7 million eggs were destroyed in Rio Grande do Sul, according to the state's department of agriculture.

Rio Grande do Sul suffered severe and recurring droughts for half of the last decade, the most severe in 2012, with 1.8 million people affected. The events caused great harm to the state’s ...

Authorities in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul declared a state of emergency on Thursday after floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains left at least 29 people dead and 60 missing.. Storm damage ...

Rio Grande do Sul's civil defence authority said 68 people were still missing and at least 24,000 had been displaced as the storms affected more than half of the 497 cities in the state, which ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, June 2 (Reuters) - Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to ...