▲ 226 ▼ Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did all the deforestation they've done contribute to this problem? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kiagam@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) in part yes, because it contributed to global warming. we are almost in winter and most of the country has summer temps. that mass of hot air encounters cold masses from the antarctic, causing heavy rain. Rain like this is atypical because it shouldn't be this hot in may permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago i forgot for a second that the winters and summers get flipped in the southern hemisphere permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) in part yes, because it contributed to global warming. we are almost in winter and most of the country has summer temps. that mass of hot air encounters cold masses from the antarctic, causing heavy rain. Rain like this is atypical because it shouldn't be this hot in may permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago i forgot for a second that the winters and summers get flipped in the southern hemisphere permalink fedilink source parent
[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago i forgot for a second that the winters and summers get flipped in the southern hemisphere permalink fedilink source parent