NH
Natural Hazards

Paulo Hader

holds a BSc in Environmental Engineering and is MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the São Paulo State University, Brazil. He worked on the development of a methodology of landslides hazard assessment considering socionatural factors using statistical and machine learning approaches. His research interests are focused on natural hazards, disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, landslide susceptibility, rainfall thresholds, climate change adaptations and their interactions with anthropogenic environments.

2020: The escalation of extreme rainfall events in Brazil

February 22, 2021
2020: The escalation of extreme rainfall events in Brazil
Figure 1. A localized typical summer rainfall near the Serra do Mar in the region of Baixada Santista. Photo credit: Marcelo Fischer Gramani, with permission.

In summer 2020, extreme rainfall events dumped up to 320 mm of rain in a single day in the Baixada Santista metropolitan region, São Paulo state, breaking Brazil’s record for the biggest rainfall in a single event and demonstrating one of the greatest threats of climate change. The damage caused by the associated landslides led to dozens of fatalities and hundreds of homeless people, as well ...[Read More]