Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In 2024, Brazil experienced its worst floods in a generation, as extreme rainfall devastated Rio Grande do Sul. 🌧️
Cities, schools, homes, and entire communities were left in ruins — but not without determination to rebuild stronger.
This video highlights how UNDRR and the Dutch DRR and Surge Support (DRRS) are working with local authorities, engineers, and communities to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) into every phase of response and recovery.
What recovery looks like on the ground:
✔️ Rapid risk assessments to protect lives
✔️ Repairing critical infrastructure
✔️ Mapping flood-prone zones and redesigning drainage
✔️ Installing real-time water gauges for early warnings
✔️ Combining global expertise with local knowledge
By transforming response into resilience, Brazil is reducing future loss and damage and building safer, stronger communities in the face of a changing climate. 🌱
From Rio Grande do Sul to the world — this is how recovery builds resilience.
In 2024, Brazil experienced its worst floods in a generation, as extreme rainfall devastated Rio Grande do Sul. 🌧️
Cities, schools, homes, and entire communities were left in ruins — but not without determination to rebuild stronger.
This video highlights how UNDRR and the Dutch DRR and Surge Support (DRRS) are working with local authorities, engineers, and communities to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) into every phase of response and recovery.
What recovery looks like on the ground:
✔️ Rapid risk assessments to protect lives
✔️ Repairing critical infrastructure
✔️ Mapping flood-prone zones and redesigning drainage
✔️ Installing real-time water gauges for early warnings
✔️ Combining global expertise with local knowledge
By transforming response into resilience, Brazil is reducing future loss and damage and building safer, stronger communities in the face of a changing climate. 🌱
From Rio Grande do Sul to the world — this is how recovery builds resilience.
