Two months after an extratropical cyclone hit southern Brazil, storms and flooding continued to wreak havoc on the region in mid-November 2023.
Two months after an extratropical cyclone hit southern Brazil, storms and flooding continued to wreak havoc on the region in mid-November 2023.
Severe thunderstorms dropped up to 4 inches (100 millimeters) of rain a day on southern Brazil starting on November 14, according to Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology (INMET). Intense rain, lightning, and wind continued in Rio Grande do Sul and neighboring Santa Catarina for several days. According to news reports, multiple tornadoes touched down in Santa Catarina on November 18.
The image above, acquired by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8, shows flooding on agricultural fields along the Jacuí River near the town of Agudo on November 21, 2023 (right), compared to November 5, 2023 (left). The Agudo government declared an emergency on November 24, noting extensive flooding and damage to roads and rice fields in the municipality.
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Photo Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
