Is Brazil's flood catastrophe a climate warning? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

Record rains in southern Brazil have displaced almost 600,000 people. A month later and roads remain blocked, the airport is closed and many people will never return home. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declared it a "climate catastrophe". Officials are writing off whole neighbourhoods – telling residents these places can never be made safe. Caitríona Perry speaks with BBC Brasil reporters Daniel Gallas and Leandro Prazeres, who have been finding out what this means for people in the flood zone, and asks if there are lessons for all of us in a warming world. 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Shock at scale of flooding 01:49 Fleeing houses overnight 02:37 'Like an area that had been bombed' 03:09 What is Rio Grande do Sul like? 04:08 Three months of rain in two weeks 05:13 Reactions from around Brazil 05:57 Footballers and Olympians help out 07:36 Logistical difficulties after the flood 08:07 The people 'felt lost' 09:14 What people have lost 09:47 Abandoned neighbourhoods 10:38 Promise of new homes 11:37 Impact of climate change 12:42 How Brazilians think and talk about climate change 14:19 Why is the water not going away? 15:19 Plans for helping displaced people 16:12 Political importance of the floods 16:39 'Depressed' outlook of people in Porto Alegre Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Brazil #Floods