Southern Brazil is preparing for more rain after record breaking extreme flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands, and killed 107.

Over the past two weeks, the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande du Sol has experienced the worst rain in 80 years, with 11.8 inches of rain falling in less than a week.

The rain paused between Wednesday and Friday, but the weekend is expected to bring more heavy rain.

A resident pulls belongings he recovered from his flooded home after heavy rain in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state.
More than 800,000 people are without a water supply after extreme flooding

According to the civil defence agency, 1.5 million people have been affected by the floodwaters so far, with more than 800,000 people currently without water supply.

In Porto Alegre, the biggest city in Rio Grande du Sol,  80% of residents are without running water.

Phonelines and internet connection are also down in many areas.

Elon Musk posted on X pledging to donate 1,000 Starlink terminals, to supply internet access to those without.

Fire services, army and groups of volunteers are aiding with the rescue mission.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday, with defence minister Jose Mucio, finance minister Fernando Haddad, and environment minister Marina Silva.

He and his team surveyed the flooded streets of Porto Alegre from a helicopter.

“We need to stop running behind disasters. We need to see in advance what calamities might happen and we need to work,” he told journalists afterwards.

Climate experts say the floods are the result of the El Nino weather pattern, which is a natural weather pattern than occurs every few years and heats up the Pacific ocean, causing stormy, unstable weather.

The Climate Observatory, a network of dozens of environmental and social groups, say that the worsening of climate change will increase the number of extreme weather patterns.

“These tragedies will continue to happen, increasingly worse and more frequent.”

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