Summer 2019: 3 deaths in Rio de Janeiro caused by bad weather and floods

The city of Rio de Janeiro has once again shown the lack of structure making 3 deaths in the last few hours due to a furious storm with many waterfalls and high winds. At least two missing persons have been reported.

Black Wednesday in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The storm unleashed last night killed three people. A woman and her son died in the collapse of a house in Barra de Guaratiba, in the western area of ​​Rio de Janeiro. The victims were identified as Isabel Martins de la Paz, 56, and Mauro Ribeiro da Paz, 33 years old. In the Rocinha favela, a person died after a landslide.

Com 89mm accumulated chuva just 1h, according to com @AlertaRio, Vidigal is one of the areas most affected by the disaster; Hotel not bairro ficou looking for castaways pic.twitter.com/oUqbyTmO2R

– O Globo_Rio (@OGlobo_Rio) February 7, 2019

On Niemeyer Avenue, in the South Zone, landslides and tree falls have reached two buses, closing the streets in both directions. The driver of one of the vehicles reportedly told Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella that two people could not escape. They are considered missing.

The rescue teams have been working since last night to gain access to the inside of the seriously damaged bus. On the same line, a landslide in Niemeyer also caused the fall of part of the Tim Maia bike path. The movement of vehicles and pedestrians in this area remains prohibited.

Also in the avenue of Barra de Tijuca, in Itanhangá, in the western part of the city, the storm caused the fall of a wall that divides the area, in the sense of Alto de Boa Vista.

At the same time, the Civil Defense and the Under-Secretariat for Protection announced that the sirens of the communities of Rocinha and Sítio Pai João, in Itanhangá, had been activated yesterday at 21:48. For example, the audible alerts indicated that residents were leaving their homes and going to the support points located in each location.

Pictures of Veja: two havoc caused temporary hairs that deixou or less are lethal or Rio https://t.co/xIEVxFoQbP pic.twitter.com/yqbQoMw07B

– O Globo_Rio (@OGlobo_Rio) February 7, 2019

Source O Globo – GS