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In May alone, Porto Alegre recorded 513.6 millimeters of precipitation, almost five times the average for that month. All this excess water, coupled with overflow of the rivers feeding Guaíba Lake, ...

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volunteers touch up houses left standing after devastating floods last year that killed nearly 200 people and displaced half a million in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. As residents continue ...