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Heavy rain began over southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on April 29, 2024, dumping nearly six inches (15 cm) in 24 hours. Rain continued through the following days, killing at least 29 people and displacing almost 10,000 across the region.
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Description:
Heavy rain descends upon Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Phenomena: Thunderstorms
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: GeoColor Infrared (band 13)
Instrument: ABI
NOAA-21 captured imagery of the devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Phenomena: Flooding
Satellite: NOAA-21
Product: Day Land Cloud
Instrument: VIIRS
This nighttime imagery of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil shows the extent of the power outages due to flooding from last weeks heavy rain. Over 1.3 million people have been affected by the floods with 451,000 without electricity.
Satellite: NOAA-20 NOAA-21 S-NPP
Product: Day/Night Band
Catastrophic flooding is currently impacting Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The VIIRS instrument captured imagery of the region before and after the flood.
Product: True Color RGB
The rain over Uruguay has been relentless for the last few days. Storms are expected to move back toward the still flooded state of Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil later today.
Product: GeoColor GLM Group Energy Density
Instrument: ABI GLM
Flooding rains continue for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Relentless storms bring flooding rains to Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil.
Phenomena: Flooding Thunderstorms
Product: GeoColor GLM Group Energy Density Infrared (band 13)
Thunderstorms bring heavy rain to Uruguay and southern Brazil.
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