Storms in the spotlight
3 official alert or emergency warnings active.
Read: Chuvas atingem importantes áreas agrícolas nesta terça, prevê Inmet
News · last 7 days
11stories about climate and disasters in the last week
The most covered topic is rain and storms, with 9 stories. That is 2 more than the previous week (9).
Latest story Source: Agência Brasil
1story in the last 24 hours
20stories kept from the last 90 days
Topics of the week
Count for the last 7 days; the arrow compares with the 7 days before. A story can count in more than one topic. Tap a topic to see the data.
What matters now
When data and news point to the same topic
We highlight the topic that is high in the portal's data and has a story in the last 3 days. The story is from Agência Brasil; the number comes from our sections.
News
What the public press published
Agência Brasil stories on the portal's topics, newest first. Each card links to the full story on the agency's site.
Rain and storms · Oct 27, 10:21 AM
Chuvas atingem importantes áreas agrícolas nesta terça, prevê Inmet
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Rain and storms · Oct 26, 08:58 AM
Novo canal de umidade leva chuvas ao Norte, Centro-Oeste e Nordeste
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Rain and storms · Oct 24, 11:09 AM
Inmet: Domingo de eleição será chuvoso em boa parte do país; confira
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Rain and storms · Oct 23, 08:44 PM
Chuva deve prevalecer no domingo de eleições no Rio
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Rain and storms · Oct 23, 04:42 PM
Domingo de eleições deverá ser chuvoso no estado de SP
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Rain and storms · Oct 23, 09:06 AM
Frente fria leva tempestades e granizo ao centro-sul do país
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Fire and burning · Oct 22, 08:58 PM
Governo intensifica reforços para combater incêndios no Pará
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Fire and burning · Oct 22, 02:38 PM
Estudo aponta atividade humana nas emissões de carbono na Amazônia
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Rain and storms · Oct 22, 08:42 AM
Inmet alerta para tempestades em toda a faixa leste do país
Agência Brasil · CC BY 4.0
Useful information
What to do in each situation
Practical, general guidance for the events that show up most here. These are fixed texts, written by the portal from official recommendations.
Flood and landslide
- Do not cross flooded streets, on foot or by car: even a little moving water can knock a person down and sweep a vehicle away.
- At home, switch off the power at the panel and move documents and medicines somewhere high. If the water rises, leave.
- Stay away from slopes with cracks, the sound of moving earth or muddy water coming out of the bank.
- If you are at risk, call Civil Defense (199) or the Fire Department (193).
- Only go back home when Civil Defense says it is safe.
Based on guidance from Civil Defense
See the data →Smoke and poor air
- Avoid outdoor exercise on poor-air days, especially children, older adults, pregnant women and people with asthma or heart problems.
- Keep windows closed, humidify the room and drink plenty of water.
- A well-fitted PFF2 (N95) mask filters smoke. Cloth and surgical masks help little.
- Shortness of breath, chest pain, a strong cough or very irritated eyes: seek care or call SAMU (192).
Based on guidance from Ministry of Health
See the data →Extreme heat
Historical series
20 stories kept since October 16, 2026
How many stories come out each month in each topic. The portal started keeping stories in October 2026, so the series is short and grows every day.
Stories this month20October 2026
Previous month–no data yet
Total kept20since October 16, 2026
A story can have more than one topic; the bar height is the number of stories, split among topics. Agência Brasil only publishes the recent feed: there is no way to fetch what came out before the portal started keeping them.
How it works
Where the news comes from and what it doesn't say
We show what Agência Brasil publishes, with link and credit. This site does not write news or issue official warnings.
Where the news comes from
Agência Brasil (EBC), through the environment and latest-news RSS feeds, checked twice an hour. The content is published under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence.
We keep the title, a short summary, the image and the link. Full reading is always on the agency's site.
How we choose and classify
Stories whose title or summary mention words from the portal's topics are included: burning, wildfire, drought, rain, flood, storm, El Niño, air quality, among others.
Each story gets one or more topics from the same words. An off-topic story may get through, and an on-topic one may not, because the filter works by word.
How highlights are chosen
Fixed rules: 2,000 or more hotspots likely to be fire in 24 h; active official alert or emergency warnings; cities with poor or worse air; RONI of +0.5 ºC or more; 300 or more municipalities in moderate or worse drought. The level rises with 5,000 hotspots, 5 warnings, 5 cities, RONI of +1.5 ºC and 1,000 municipalities.
It only becomes a highlight if there is a story on the topic in the last 3 days. We also show the topic whose weekly story count more than doubled. No text is written by artificial intelligence.