Three disasters in three years: Brazil’s deadly floods show women are ‘the first to die’ when extreme weather hits

T he water mark on Naira Santa Rita’s wall told the story before she could find the words for it. High and brown, like a scar, it was the line left by the floodwater on 15 February 2022 – the night Petrópolis drowned. Within minutes, the mountain city she called home became a war zone. From her win...

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