Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Roughly 389,000 people, opens new tab in the state of Rio Grande do Sul remain displaced from their homes because of the intense rain and flooding, which local officials say was the worst disaster in the region's history. Scientists say climate change made the flooding twice as likely to happen.
Andrew Harper, special advisor on climate action to the refugee agency UNHCR, visited a flooded neighborhood in state capital Porto Alegre over the weekend and called it "a ghost town."
"It was underwater for almost 40 days. There wasn't even any rats running around. Everything had died," Harper said in an interview on Tuesday.
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STOP DOOMSCROLLING, YALL
IT IS. BAD. VERY BAD. YOU GET STUCK AND IT'S ICKY AND YOUR BRAIN GETS STUCK IN ICKY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
INSTEAD
LIKE I JUST SAID IN THE TAGS OF A POST
MAKE SOMETHING! DO SOMETHING BESIDES LOOK AT CURRENT EVENTS.
This past summer when political stuff was happening, I was already having A Time and I just started knitting more and watching Ghibli movies for hours on end- and it really helped. It not only took my mind off of the state of the world, but I was able to step back and be proud of my progress on my little project.
A rabbi I just talked to told me about how whenever the community was Going Through It, she was always prescribing art- she ran out of canvases because she gave so many away.
And making things really does help!
You don't need to just make things- play a silly little game, pet an animal (dogs are soft. warm creechurs. beloved (<- has a dog)), listen to a silly little podcast or music, watch a cozy show or movie.
But don't doomscroll. You get stuck and it's so hard to pull away.
But if you ARE stuck, take this post as a sign to just. Close the app. Close the tab. Stop now so you don't get even more stuck. Use this post as a pole to pull yourself out of the mud, or have someone else help distract you and pull you away from doomscrolling.
Stay healthy and safe, yall 🤟🤟🤟
how is it mario day and no one posted the essay
Art Fight attack on luxites’ Gale!
My pjo babygirl oc Cora she is a source of constant brainrot. Old doodles.
I fucking love these two -
Okay guys I can’t watch the spider man across the spider verse movie for another few weeks and it sucks bc I know it’s going to be AMAZING and I still can’t draw fanart. (I may or may not just be overly excited.) Oh and if any of you watched the movie, how was it?
(Text from image below) My life since I've started writing again. ;-; (I'm very on and off about it. School does not help)
There are two wolves inside of you:
-> must write or WILL DIE
-> will do anything but writing
Tried painting watercolors at the beach today…did not go well. ;-; (the one to the left is a second attempt of the ✨disaster✨ that is the top right.)
Still had lots of fun tho :)
I've been watching Frieren recently, and I really like the dynamic of these two! If any of you watch the show as well, what are your thoughts?
So I’m kinda a big avatar fan so here’s my persona in the universe. I think she’s be an air bender :)