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Brazil: Extreme weather hit 84.5% of municipalities, R$455.5bn in damages since 2015

A federal AdaptaCidades survey shows extreme weather affected 84.5% of Brazilian municipalities from 2015-2024, causing R$455.5bn in material damages, damaging 1.7M homes, and affecting 324.6M people. The frequency and impact of events are rising, per a separate Unifesp study. This underscores growing climate-driven infrastructure and agribusiness vulnerability in Brazil, with fiscal and economic implications.

Valor Econômicoabout 14 hours agoBRCredibility 44%View source

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Confidence0.7
Significance0.8
Source credibility0.4

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#extreme weather#infrastructure#agribusiness#climate adaptation#brazil#disaster risk

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