BRAZIL-WEATHER-FLOODS-CLIMATE-RESPONSES

A house destroyed during the May 2024 floods, with graffiti reading "empty promises, real floods," is seen in the neighborhood of Cruzeiro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on April 12, 2025. Armed with donated brushes and paint, volunteers touch up houses left standing after devastating floods last year that killed nearly 200 people and displaced half a million in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. Still repairing damage nearly 12 months after Rio Grande do Sul's worst-ever natural calamity, residents worry not enough is being done to buttress the city for another such catastrophe, which experts say is made ever more likely by climate change. (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images)