Climate change, El Niño to blame for deadly floods in Brazil

FILE - Orioplina Bechiln, a street barbecue vendor, walks along a flooded street around the Arena do Gremio stadium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on May 29, 2024.

Climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon are to blame for the historic floods in southern Brazil that killed almost 170 people and displaced about 600,000 people, a team of international scientists said Monday.