Edite de Almeida, a 51-year-old farmer, enters her house through the window, after furniture moved by water blocked the door, as she returns home for the first time after the floods at the Integracao Gaucha settlement in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 11, 2024. Record-breaking floods in southern Brazil, the result of weather patterns intensified by climate change, have only started to recede after displacing half a million people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and killing more than 160. As the floodwaters began to retreat in recent weeks, Almeida got a first glimpse of her ravaged home, with the walls stained, appliances wrecked and belongings coated in mud. "I can't think about the future. That belongs to God," Almeida said. "I don't expect to have again what I had before. We're starting over," she added, grimacing through tears. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
