Archeologist and historian João Heitor Silva talks about the post-flood discovery of hundreds of pre-Colonial Guarani items in an area that used to be a farm and he reflects on learnings from what may be the state’s largest archeological site

Devanir Pinheiro, 70, lost his home to flooding in Arroio do Meio and is now living rent-free in the remains of a dealership, while he waits for new land to live on from the municipal government

Caramelo the horse became a symbol of resilience during flooding in Rio Grande do Sul when he was rescued from atop a house in the Mathias Velho neighborhood of Canoas. In this cartoon report, based on interviews with people connected to Caramelo, we talk about what his life is like now and imagine what he would say about everything that happened

Rosane Kressin forages for firewood with her husband in the Passo de Estrela neighborhood, which used to be full of life and is now completely in ruins

At 70 years old, Irineu Dullius leapt from his roof and grabbed onto a phone line to escape the flooding in Cruzeiro do Sul. Now, with his own hands, he is rebuilding his old home

Dariane Moreira lives on Pavão Island, in the Arquipélago Neighborhood of Porto Alegre, where the water destroyed everything. Now she’s rebuilding her home: ‘I’m from here. It’s our life’

Environmentalist Leonardo da Costa visits Rio Grande do Sul’s largest temporary landfill, where thousands of belongings lost to flooding were sent

Liziane Dutra’s family lost everything to flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and went to live in a building occupied by unhoused people. Now, you may be evicted

Caroline Kader’s family has worked in Porto Alegre’s Mercado Público for four generations and is, for the second time, experiencing loss from a major flood

Cartoonist Talita Grass’s home was subsumed by the flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and now she is trying to recover her things from the mud’s destruction

Cacique Cláudio Acosta’s village in Charqueadas, Rio Grande do Sul, was surrounded by floodwaters for ten days. After five days without clean water to drink, they had to improvise a well

Animal protector Isis Brancher has saved Horses, Cows, Sheep, and many other animals from drowning in Porto Alegre’s floodwaters. In this illustrated report, she talks about why she decided to focus her efforts on the planet’s ‘wisest beings’

Matheus Lana and his family lost everything in the flood that inundated the city of Canoas, in southern Brazil. Talking to cartoonist Pablito Aguiar, the young man of 22 years says that, in the face of the devastation, all he can think about is saving lives

Cartoonist Pablito Aguiar interviews Jeferson (Maninho) and Vanja Moura de Melo, residents of Alvorada, in Rio Grande do Sul, while they ride a boat through flooded streets in search of safe harbor