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Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future
"a “flying river” is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes mountains towards Rio Grande do Sul" https://theconversation.com/floods-in-south-brazil-have-displaced-600-000-heres-why-this-region-is-likely-to-see-ever-more-extreme-rain-in-future-229965