The Civil Defense of Rio de Janeiro recorded, this Sunday (20), 208.2 millimeters of rain in an interval of 2 hours and 30 minutes, in Petrópolis, in the mountainous region of the state.
According to the agency, the volume of water on the roads has begun to decrease, but there are still risks in some places, such as Rua do Imperador, Imperatriz, Coronel Veiga, Washington Luis, Alfredo Pachá, Rua Teresa, Aureliano Coutinho, Alto da Serra, Montecaseros. , Bingen, Saldanha Marinho and also Barão do Rio Branco, Piabanha, Koeler and Ipiranga avenues.
There are no reports of victims so far, however, there were landslides in places that had already been affected before and were interdicted. One of the calls was in a house in Caxambu, on Rua Waldemar Ferreira, which was unoccupied.
According to the Fire Department, until 5:30 pm, the corporation had been called for five incidents in the city, including a landslide threat on Rua 24 de Maio, with no casualties, and the rescue of people stranded.
Heavy rains hit Petrópolis, in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, this Sunday (20). Civil Defense and firefighters work in the city, which is still recovering from the February storms, which killed 233 people. Credit: Giro Serra pic.twitter.com/xXs9Yni2JA
— CNN Brasil (@CNNBrasil) March 20, 2022
It is sent free of charge by the Civil Defense, by cell phone, alerts of risk of heavy rains, lightning storms, winds, landslides and floods. “The service is an important tool in preventing tragedies and is available to the entire population. To register, it is necessary to send an SMS with the number of the zip code of interest to 40199”, oriented the folder.
The guidance given by the entity is so that people do not try to cross roads that have a large volume of water, as well as residents of risk areas go to safe places.
In case of emergency, the population should call 193 (Fire Department) or 199 (Civil Defense), which has 19 support points structured in the localities to welcome those who need to leave their homes.
(*With information from Agência Brasil)
Source: CNN Brasil
