This week's landslides in the Brazilian city of Petropolis tore down houses and ripped families apart. Authorities have long blamed extreme rainfall as what's responsible for the many tragedies that ...

A break in near-constant rain Sunday allowed Brazilian rescue helicopters to deliver desperately needed food and water to some of the neighborhoods buried under tons of earth in mudslides that killed ...

A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, ...

BHP Group said it intends to appeal a decision by the English High Court that said it is liable for the deadly collapse of a dam in Brazil 10 years ago. The ruling could expose the Australia-based ...

They are tired, hungry, traumatized - and resigned to saving themselves without the aid their government promised after the massive mudslides that killed nearly 600 people. Wanderson Ferreira de ...