Ua hoʻopilikia ka waikahe nui ma ka hema o Brazil i nā pae hope o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka soybean a me ka palaoa.

I kēia mau lā iho nei, ua ʻeha nui ka mokuʻāina ʻo Rio Grande do Sul ma ka hema o Brazil a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ua hōʻike ka National Meteorological Institute o Brazil ua hāʻule ma mua o 300 milimita o ka ua i loko o hoʻokahi pule ma kekahi mau awāwa, nā puʻu a me nā wahi kūlanakauhale ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Rio Grande do Sul.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna kūloko i ka Lāpule ua pepehi ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi he 75 mau kānaka e ka waikahe nui ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Rio Grande do Sul ma Brazil i nā lā ʻehiku i hala iho nei, me 103 i nalowale a me 155 i ʻeha. Ua koi ʻia ma mua o 88,000 mau kānaka mai ko lākou mau home e ka poino i hana ʻia e ka ua, me kahi o 16,000 e hoʻi ana i nā kula, nā hale hoʻoikaika kino a me nā hale noho manawa ʻē aʻe.
Ua nui ka pōʻino a me ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e nā ua nui ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Rio Grande do Sul.
I ka mōʻaukala, ua ʻohi nā mahiʻai soya ma Rio Grande do Sul i 83 pakeneka o kā lākou ʻeka i kēia manawa, e like me ka ʻoihana mahiʻai aupuni o Brazil ʻo Emater, akā ʻo ka ua nui ma ka lua o ka mokuʻāina soya nui loa o Brazil a me ke ono o ka mokuʻāina kulina nui loa e hoʻopilikia nei i nā pae hope o ka ʻohi ʻana.
ʻO nā ua nui ka hā o ia mau pōʻino kaiapuni ma ka mokuʻāina i hoʻokahi makahiki, ma hope o nā waikahe nui i pepehi i nā kānaka he nui i Iulai, Kepakemapa a me Nowemapa 2023.
A pili ia i ka hanana aniau ʻo El Nino. He hanana kūlohelohe ʻo El Nino i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻomehana ai i nā wai o ka Moana Pākīpika equatorial, e hoʻoulu ai i nā loli honua i ka mahana a me ka ua. Ma Brazil, ua hoʻoulu ʻo El Nino i ka maloʻo ma ka ʻākau a me ka ua nui ma ka hema.