Soccer pitches flooded in Brazil after cyclone

STORY: Civil Defense of the southern Rio Grande do Sul state issued a series of flood warnings throughout the state.

The river flow is expected to stabilise on Wednesday (September 27) and Thursday (September 28), and to decline on Friday (September 29), said the state’s Civil Defense chief of communications Sabrina Ribas.

According to the National Institute of Meteorology, September 2023 has been the month with the most rain in Porto Alegre since 1916, when regular measurements began.