Rio de Janeiro suffered a violent storm: five dead and decreed the state of crisis

A strong storm hit in the early hours of this Thursday Rio de Janeiro and left 5 people dead. The heavy rains caused landslides and strong winds with gusts of 110 km / h, killing many trees. In the face of the disaster, the authorities decreed "the state of crisis".

Among the dead is a mom and son who were buried by an avalanche of mud when his house collapsed in Guaratiba, in the west of the country. From Rio de Janeiro, various users of TN and La Gente shared their images on the citizen journalism portal.

Due to falling trees and several floods the highways were closed and until now, the authorities have reported the fall of 170 trees. In addition, many neighborhoods were left without light, but the service has been restored little by little. The same thing happened with the airports and public transport services, after hours of being closed, is already working normally.

Rio lived this year January the hottest since the beginning of the official archives in 1922with an average temperature of 37.4 degrees.