Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state reported record rainfall earlier this year.

巴西南里奥格兰德州今年早些时候报告了创纪录的降雨量。

Muller is with Brazil's Federal University of Santa Maria in Rio Grande do Sul.

穆勒就职于南里奥格兰德州的巴西圣玛丽亚联邦大学。

Researchers found the fossil in May in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

研究人员于今年5月在巴西南部的南里奥格兰德州发现了这具化石。

In Rio Grande do Sul, a state in the southern part of Brazil, more than 170 schools are occupied.

在巴西南部的南里奥格兰德州，超过170所学校被学生占领。

Francisco Aquino, a climatologist at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, said that caused the weather to become dangerous.

南里奥格兰德联邦大学的气候学家弗朗西斯科·阿基诺说，这导致天气变得危险。

Rio Grande do Sul officials sent a letter to students in occupied schools telling them to leave the school within 48 hours.

南里奥格兰德州官员给占领学校的学生发了一封信，要求他们在48小时内离开学校。

The Brazilian President has promised federal government help for the state of Rio Grande do Sul where more than 20 people have been killed by a fierce storm.

巴西总统表示，联邦政府将全力支持南里奥格兰德州救灾工作。该州已有超过 20 人在一场猛烈的风暴中丧生。

Early on January 27th a fire in a nightclub, Kiss, in Santa Maria, a university town in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, killed 235 people, mainly students.

1月27日的早些时候，隶属巴西南部的南里奥格兰德州的大学城——圣玛丽亚市中心一家名为“吻”的夜总会发生火灾，导致235人死亡，其中大部分为学生。

But the movement, which started last year in Sao Paulo, has spread to Rio de Janeiro, Ceara, Para, Mato Grosso, and Rio Grande do Sul.

但这项运动于去年在圣保罗开始，现已蔓延到里约热内卢、塞阿拉、帕拉、马托格罗索和南里奥格兰德。