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Record flooding turns streets of Brazil’s Porto Alegre into rivers, trapping people in high-rises

But the task is complex in a city with many tall buildings, wide avenues, and some 1.4 million inhabitants. The Sarandi neighbourhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Photo: AFP “There is …

Brazil floods kill 57, dozens missing, 70,000 forced from homes

by Walter Watson

Fast-rising water levels in the state of Rio Grande do Sul were straining dams and particularly threatening economically important Porto Alegre, a city of 1.4 million. The Guaiba River, which …

City officials in Brazil voted to pass bill that was secretly written by ChatGPT in just 15 seconds

by Walter Watson

A bill about water meters that a Brazilian city council unanimously voted to pass in October was revealed to have been entirely written by ChatGPT, its sponsor disclosed last week …