Strong rains hit the cities of the ABC Paulista region on Saturday afternoon (19), causing several flooding and overflowing points of a stream. In Diadema, it rained the expected for the next 24 days in the last two hours, accounting for more than 84 millimeters of rain. The Ribeirão Capela stream even overflowed.
In addition, several flooding points were recorded on Casa Grande Avenue, Conceição Avenue, Fábio Eduardo Ramos Avenue, Piraporinha Avenue, Ulisses Guimarães Avenue and São José Avenue, where a pharmacy was hit by water and motorcycles that were parked nearby were dragged.
In Santo André, about 79 millimeters was recorded, representing the expected for the next 22 days.
In the city of São Caetano do Sul were also recorded flooding points, on roads such as Rua Tietê, Avenida José Salgustiano and Avenida Lions. Teams work on site to clean the roads.
In São Bernardo do Campo, the Pauliceia neighborhood was affected and was flooded. Teams work on site monitoring.
In a statement issued now in the afternoon, the Civil Defense reported that heavy rain is still concentrated in the ABC region and in the municipalities of Alto Tietê and has its displacement north and Vale do Paraíba.
In Mauá, there was a landslide behind the Emei Frajola, located at Av. Presidente Castelo Branco, s/NE in a residence, so far without injured people, displaced or homeless, according to the Civil Defense.
According to the firefighters, there were at least 68 calls for collapse/collapse throughout the region of Greater ABC.
In images obtained by CNN you can see the damage that heavy rains left in the cities.
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This content was originally published in rain causes damage in cities of ABC Paulista; See at CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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