Sources: BBC
Fifty-nine percent of Brazil's area suffers from significant drought conditions, the worst national drought recorded. These conditions cause historically low Amazon basin levels and are contributing to at least 160,000 wildfires in 2024 that are causing widespread air pollution. 2024-09-9
A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 aircraft crashes in Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board. 2024-08-9
A Piper PA-24 Comanche crashes in the forest region between Rio Grande da Serra and Ribeirão Pires, in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. Two people were killed. 2024-01-25
For the second consecutive day, Brazil reports a record total of 3,950 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, thereby bringing the number of deaths to 321,515. The total of 66,868 deaths in the past 31 days marked the most lethal month in the country for the duration of the pandemic. 2021-03-31
Brazil reports a record 3,251 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 298,843. It is the first time that Brazil has recorded more than 3,000 deaths from COVID-19 in a single day. 2021-03-23
France reports four cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil. 2021-02-4
Brazil reports its highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases days after WHO says the country reaches the plateau, with 67,860 new cases that pushes the nationwide total at more than 2.2 million. 2020-07-22
President Rodrigo Duterte rejects the prospect of reopening the country during a televised cabinet meeting. He goes on to claim that following the examples of the United States', Brazil's and others' "bold actions" would result in "pandemonium", and the potential resultant spike in COVID-19 cases would land the nation in "deep shit". 2020-07-9
A bus crash in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina kills at least 51 people. 2015-03-14