2021 Flood

Beginning on 24 December 2021, record rainfall across the northeastern Brazilian state Bahia resulted in severe floods, which caused the death of 21 people, injured another 358 and displaced 62,800. In a tweet, Rui Costa, the Governor of Bahia, declared the floods to be "the worst disaster that has ever occurred in the history of Bahia". 72 municipalities of Bahia declared a state of emergency.