More than a week after the start of the storms that hit Rio Grande do Sul, the state still has four large rivers with levels above the flood level, according to data updated by the Civil Defense in the early afternoon of this Wednesday (8).
The river with the highest level is Jacuí. Measurements taken in the municipality of Rio Pardo, located 310 km from Porto Alegre, show that, at midday this Wednesday, the water level was 18.71 meters. The flood level is 16 meters.
Despite being high, the level of Jacuí has already dropped: on the night of last Sunday (5), the level was 20 meters.
Another one that is still elevated is the Uruguay River. In the city of Garruchos (750 km from Porto Alegre), the level was 15.13 meters on Wednesday afternoon, while the flood level is 15 meters. In Uruguaiana (650 km from Porto Alegre), the Uruguay River reached 10.64 meters at noon. The flood level is 8.5 meters.
The Sinos River, in a measurement made in the city of São Leopoldo (70 km from Porto Alegre), was at 6.82 meters this Wednesday, while the flood level is 6 meters.
The Gravataí River, whose flood level is 4 meters, was at 6.11 meters this Wednesday afternoon.
Rivers that left the flood level
Two other large rivers that pass through Rio Grande do Sul already have levels below the flood quotas: the Taquari river, in Muçum (420 km from Porto Alegre), reached 5.82 meters this Wednesday, leaving the flood quota, but it is still at the alert level, which is 5 meters.
The Caí River reached a level of 3.05 meters in a measurement made in the city of Feliz (170 km from Porto Alegre) and is already below the flood level, which is 9 meters.
Guaíba remains in a worrying situation
Lake Guaíba, which bathes the capital Porto Alegre, is on a downward trend, but the situation is still worrying.
At midday this Wednesday, the level of Guaíba reached 5.08 meters. Since the floods began, the highest level was 5.33 meters, recorded on Sunday morning and Monday night.
Guaíba's warning level is 2.5 meters, while the flood level is 3 meters. In the historic floods that hit the capital of Rio Grande do Sul in 1941, the level of the Guaíba reached a level between 4.75 and 4.76 meters.
Source: CNN Brasil

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