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The Guaíba river in Porto Alegre, Brazil, reached a record height of 5.30 meters on May 4, 2024, surpassing the previous historical peak of 4.76 meters recorded in 1941.0:28 While the 1941 flood displaced 15,000 people in a city of 200,000, the 2024 event impacts a metropolitan region now home to approximately 4.5 million residents.Watch Geological studies of sediment marks suggest this flood is the most significant event in the region over the last 5,000 years.0:37 Unlike the isolated 1941 flood, the 2024 disaster marks the third major inundation in less than one year. The rapid succession and increased scale of these floods distinguish the current crisis from historical precedents.

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