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Disaster · Zona da Mata Mesoregion, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2026 Zona da Mata floods

1 February 2026 · 22 lives lost

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In February 2026, floods and landslides caused by extreme precipitation events occurred in the Zona da Mata region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, leaving 73 people dead. The disaster is the deadliest of its type in the country since the Rio Grande do Sul floods in 2024.

The region had already experienced above-average rainfall in the preceding weeks, and further episodes of extreme precipitation followed in the days thereafter. February 2026 became the wettest month ever recorded in Juiz de Fora, with total rainfall exceeding the monthly average by four times, according to the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET). The floods and landslides left entire neighbourhoods cut off, displaced more than 5,500 residents, and left hundreds homeless.

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May their memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us be kinder for having known what was lost.

Joan Fowler
6 Aug 2026

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Thinking of the children who lost parents that day. If you're reading this, you are not alone.

Henry Lam
6 Jul 2026

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To the first responders who ran towards it while everyone else ran away: thank you.

Isaiah Simmons
29 Jun 2026

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Every name matters. Every one of them was somebody's whole world.

Caitlin Arnold
10 May 2026

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Lighting a candle from India for everyone who didn't come home.

Kyle Russell
28 Apr 2026

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So many lives, so much love, gone in a moment. We remember every one of them.

Hannah Pierce
24 Apr 2026

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I keep thinking about the families who got a phone call that day. Holding all of you in my thoughts.

Rocio Cabrera
20 Apr 2026

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I was nearby when it happened. I still hear the sirens. Thinking of every family tonight.

Noah Weinstein
4 Apr 2026

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Sending love from the States. The whole world grieved with you.

Fred Reid
4 Feb 2026

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My cousin's neighbour was there. It's hard to describe how a whole community carries something like this.

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Ashley Lane🇺🇸7d ago
Rest in peace.
Deepak Naidu🇺🇸8d ago
Ashley Adams🇺🇸8d ago
Jin Choi🇦🇺14d ago
Wayne Bell🇺🇸24d ago
Terrance Hampton🇺🇸25d ago
With love from England.
Beth Freeman🇺🇸27d ago
Donald Grant🇺🇸28d ago
Holly Gilbert🇬🇧29d ago
Archie Hanson🇺🇸6 Aug 2026
Adam Duncan🇺🇸3 Aug 2026
Thank you for everything.
Anonymous🇩🇪29 Jul 2026
Thank you.
Angela Ferraro🇮🇹26 Jul 2026
Your work lives on.
Ximena Gutierrez🇺🇸21 Jul 2026
Erin Nichols🇺🇸18 Jul 2026
You were one of a kind.
Claudia Ott🇺🇸15 Jul 2026
Lachlan Atkins🇺🇸15 Jul 2026
You were one of a kind.
Crystal Battle🇺🇸12 Jul 2026
Juan Gutierrez🇺🇸9 Jul 2026
Rebecca Curtis🇺🇸3 Jul 2026
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