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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Porto_AlegrePorto Alegre - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Porto Alegre (UK: / ˌ p ɔːr t uː ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ r eɪ /, US: /-ɑː ˈ l eɪ ɡ r i, ˌ p ɔːr t oʊ ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ r ə /, Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoʁtwaˈlɛɡɾi] ⓘ; lit. ' "Joyful Harbor" ') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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3. www.britannica.com › place › Porto-AlegrePorto Alegre | History, Geography & Industry | Britannica

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   May 25, 2024 · Porto Alegre, city, capital of Rio Grande do Sul estado (state), southern Brazil. It lies near the Atlantic Ocean coast at the northern end of the freshwater Patos Lagoon along an arm of the lagoon known as the Guaíba River. The city is situated at the junction of five short but deep rivers that.

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4. www.washingtonpost.com › world › interactiveVisualizing the scale of the floods that left south Brazil ...

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   May 23, 2024 · A drone view shows the field of the Arena Grêmio stadium in Porto Alegre flooded, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on May 6. (Amanda Perobelli/Reuters) By Júlia Ledur. May 23, 2024 at 2:20 p.m....

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     Heavy rains return to southern Brazil, flooding even higher ground in Porto Alegre

     Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday, ruining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding areas which had previously been untouched in Rio Grande do Sul's capital city of Porto Alegre.

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     Submerged by flooding, Porto Alegre realizes it was unprepared: 'Everything has to be rebuilt'

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     Southern Brazil’s museums and historical sites threatened by torrential rains and flooding

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6. www.bbc.com › news › world-latin-america-68968987Brazil floods: Hundreds of Rio Grande do Sul towns under water

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   May 7, 2024 · Reuters. Canoas, on the outskirts of Porto Alegre, remains flooded. The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity and strong winds.

7. www.ft.com › content › dec816f8-1f53-4c47-939c-874Record Brazil floods kill 95 and cause $1bn damage

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   May 8, 2024 · Add to myFT. Record Brazil floods kill 95 and cause $1bn damage. Extreme rainfall displaces 200,000 as scientists link disaster with climate change. A resident walks through a flooded street in...

8. pt.wikipedia.org › wiki › Porto_AlegrePorto Alegre – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

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   1 day ago · Porto Alegre ([ˈpoɾtu aˈlɛɡɾi] pronúncia ⓘ) é um município brasileiro e a capital do Rio Grande do Sul, estado mais meridional do Brasil. [7] Com uma área de quase 500 km² e uma população de 1 492 530 habitantes, [8] encontra-se sobre um terreno diversificado, com morros, baixadas e um grande lago: o Guaíba.

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   Where is Porto Alegre located?

   • Porto Alegre lies in a transitional area between the subtropical forest and the Southern Brazilian grasslands (pampa). A number of conservation programmes have been established to protect native trees. Many of the city's avenues have been planted with different tree species.

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   Where did Porto Alegre come from?

   • Porto Alegre was the port of Viamão on the shore of Guaíba Lake. Its previous name was Porto dos Casais (Port of the Couples). and it was initially settled by Azoreans. Many families of settlers came from the city of Rio Grande in the littoral Lagunar region, to the south, a military fortress at that time.

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   When did Porto Alegre become a city?

   • On 24 July 1773, Porto Alegre became the capital city of the province, when the administration of Manuel Sepúlveda, who used the fictitious name or pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo, to hide his identity, officially started.

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   Why is Porto Alegre important?

   • This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port and a chief industrial and commercial center of Brazil. In recent years, Porto Alegre hosted the World Social Forum, an initiative of several nongovernment organizations. The city became famous for being the first city that implemented participatory budgeting.

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10. www.bbc.com › news › articlesBrazil floods: 'We've never experienced anything like it' - BBC

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    May 8, 2024 · 8 May 2024. Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News. Reuters. The airport in Porto Alegre remains under water. People in southern Brazil have described the unprecedented devastation wreaked by...