Entire communities in #RioGrande do Sul have been completely cut off as persistent rains have destroyed bridges and blocked roads, and left towns without even telephone or internet services.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the country's south Thursday, where the death toll from floods caused by torrential rains has risen to 13.
The planet has recorded 10 straight months of record-high temperates. If world leaders need a jolt to get into crisis mode on climate change, this should be it.
