Neither Porto Alegre, Brazil, nor Valencia, Spain, are in the news this week. But they have been before, and almost certainly ...

In a part of the world where throughout history only the pure white of snow and ice could be seen, today green moss and grass ...

Deus e Pai, Tefe, Brazil Deep in the Amazonas region of Brazil, Mayleane Melo leans on her red sofa to ease the pain of a contraction. Her baby is coming. Next to her is Tabita dos Santos Moraes - one ...

Nineteen people were killed when the Mariana dam in southeastern Brazil collapsed and unleashed a wave of toxic sludge, leaving thousands homeless, flooding forests and polluting the Doce River.

Perils has updated its industry-loss estimate for the September floods in Central Europe and Italy to EUR2.19bn ($2.4bn).