A city in southern Brazil is forced to adapt after floods shut down a major airport

Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil’s southernmost state, has had to adapt after the metropolitan area of roughly 4.5 million people lost its only international airport. A month ago, unprecedented flooding sank major parts of the city. The rains have continued and the city’s airport is still underwater. So, officials have gotten creative. The post A city in southern Brazil is forced to adapt after floods shut down a major airport appeared first on The World from PRX.