At least 150 people were rescued from flash floods in the city of São Carlos in the interior of São Paulo State, Brazil on 26 November 2020.

Torrential rains and back-to-back typhoons have ripped through the country in the past two weeks, turning a once picturesque river into a sea of murky brown, killing dozens and setting off deadly landslides.

It floods nearly every day of the year somewhere in the United States, causing more property damage than any other weather emergency.

People have little time to recover when extreme events happen back-to-back, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns