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    WCK Responds to Historic Flooding & Landslides in Minas Gerais

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    Minas Gerais, Brazil | Active from February – March 2026
    World Central Kitchen is responding in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where severe rainstorms have caused landslides and flooding. Many families have been displaced, with first responders searching for missing persons as homes have been destroyed. 

    Hundreds of families have been forced to evacuate, with roadways quickly flooding and becoming impassable. The towns of Juiz de Fora and Ubá have been especially hard hit, and with more rain forecasted in the coming days, the local government has declared a state of calamity.

    WCK teams have supported Brazilian communities impacted by disaster on several occasions. Most recently, in late 2025, we responded to a rare and intense tornado in Parana. The tornado caused catastrophic damage, destroying 80% of the town’s structures. Our Relief team worked closely with the local team in Porto Alegre to support impacted families, serving over 100,000 meals to community members. The last time WCK responded to flooding in the country was in 2024 when our teams were in Rio Grande de Sul after floodwaters and landslides displaced hundreds of thousands of people. 

    After the floods in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Arthur & his wife Vivi, from the Emporium do Chef restaurant, started cooking for their neighbors. Now, with WCK support, they're delivering hot meals to the affected communities.#ChefsForBrazil

    — World Central Kitchen (@wck.org) 2026-03-03T14:00:15.871965Z

    Working closely with restaurant partners and community leaders, our teams began serving meals within hours of arrival. Now, our team is serving thousands of families in need.

    In Matias Barbosa, Brazil, our partners at Lourdes Square Gastronomía are cooking traditional marmitas—rice, pasta, beans, minced beef, and vinaigrette vegetables—to bring hot, comforting meals to families impacted by floods. Lourdes Square has stepped up in extraordinary ways. #ChefsForBrazil (1/2)

    — World Central Kitchen (@wck.org) 2026-03-01T12:01:24.141Z

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