Riddick3001@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoBrazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soonwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down12
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minus-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·6 months agoI feel like I read news about these floods every few years. The problem is that a lot of these homes are cheap/affordable because they are built in flood zones.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoIn a lot of cases that’s true, but this flood is much larger than the usual flood zones that flood every few years. They got 15 feet of rain in a day, and have gotten a lot of rain since then. That’s enough water to just form a new lake.
I feel like I read news about these floods every few years.
The problem is that a lot of these homes are cheap/affordable because they are built in flood zones.
In a lot of cases that’s true, but this flood is much larger than the usual flood zones that flood every few years. They got 15 feet of rain in a day, and have gotten a lot of rain since then. That’s enough water to just form a new lake.