Flooded Runways, Submerged Planes As Floods Cause Devastation Southern Brazil

Heavy rains battered southern Brazil, submerging a plane and runways in Porto Alegre on May 7. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged Congress to declare a state of emergency due to the destructive floods on May 6. The deluge wreaked havoc, demolishing infrastructure and triggering landslides across multiple cities. The calamitous downpours claimed the lives of 90 individuals, with over 130 people reported missing in Rio Grande do Sul, the country’s southernmost state. #brazil #portoalegre #lulapresidente #worldnews n18oc_world n18oc_crux CRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are shaping our world. We track news, geopolitics, diplomacy and defence strategies and explain how they shape national policies. Crux makes sense of global developments, and analyses their impact on daily lives. Follow CRUX on Telegram: Follow CRUX on Instagram (@): Follow CRUX on Facebook: #GetCloserToTheNews with latest headlines on politics, sports and entertainment on Also watch: Crux Decode: Crux : Crux Most Watched: