Temporary floods and at least three deaths in Rio de Janeiro – 04/09/2019

The heavy rains that have fallen since Monday afternoon have killed at least three people and were planted the chaos in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The authorities have asked people to stay at home or to move only in extreme cases. And the forecast indicates that it will continue to rain.

As reported by the military police of the state around midnight, One of the victims, a man, died in the neighborhood of Gávea, South, the most touristy from the city of Rio de Janeiro and where the favelas located in the hills and luxury residential areas meet. Apparently he died drowned by the current.

The other two deaths correspond to two women who died in a landslide at Morro de Babilonia, according to O Globo.

The districts of the southern zone, the most affected, have seen completely flooded for the rain, that dragged several cars, caused chaos with large blocked avenues and caused the fall of some trees and a landslide. It is feared that there are people buried under the mud. Some neighbors say that there is faded away

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Firefighters were able to save people under the mud. They also used boats to rescue several isolated people.

The storm caused the closing of schools. The clbades of the municipal schools were suspended by decision of the mayor Marcelo Crivella.

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Due to the storm, Crivella decided to leave the 650,000 students at home. Private schools and universities have also canceled clbades.

For the third time since its inauguration for the 2016 Olympic Games, part of the bike path overlooking the sea has collapsed.

The authorities of the capital of Rio de Janeiro have again declared "state of crisis", the most serious of the three levels of precipitation risk that can cause floods or landslides.

It is expected that the rains, which began at dusk after a sunny day, continue until Tuesday morning and the authorities recommend that citizens move only "in extreme need".

In an interview, the mayor of the city, Marcelo Crivella, said Monday's rain was "completely atypical". "We still expect heavy rains, but not with this intensity," he said.

The mayor of Rio announced Tuesday the suspension of clbades in public schools. Until Monday evening, however, train and metro services had not been interrupted.

Two months ago, this level of alert was declared in the city by a strong storm with rains and furious winds that have caused six deaths and caused several damage, among which that of another stretch of the ciclovía.

Rio had the hottest month of January this year since the start of official records, with an average temperature of 37.4 degrees Celsius, and the last few days were also very hot.

Source: AFP