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Heavy rains returned to Santa Catarina late Friday afternoon (21). There have been tree breaks, falls and a lack of energy in thousands of consumer units. At around 6:25 pm, there were 240,000 places without light in the state, most of them in the Greater Florianópolis, the North and the Alto Vale do Itajaí, according to Centrais Elétricas (Celesc ) of Santa Catarina.
Thunderstorms threw objects and vegetation onto the power grid, which resulted in cable breakage, pole slaughter and the opening of power lines in the grid low and medium voltage. The company said 241 emergency teams were on the ground to restore power.
Still according to Celesc, the high intensity storms that occurred during the week are atypical and a similar situation has not been recorded in the state in the last 20 years.
The abundant rain accompanied by wind around 5 pm left thousands of people, among the units without electricity and up to at 17:25, 56,000, one of the places without electricity is the UPA (Emergency Care Unit) in the north of the island.The most affected areas are Canasvieiras, where the roof of a station- service collapsed, Centro, Jurerê and Ingleses
Hail falls were recorded in districts of the mainland and the island of Santa Catarina.A wall on Ivo Silveira Avenue yielded
In Ilhota, in Vale do Itajaí, in the valley of Itajaí, in the valley of Itajai,
A windstorm hit the city around 14:30, according to the Civil Defense, houses have been demolished and the investigation is still ongoing.
According to the fire department, there have been at least eight requests for the investigation and felling of trees interrupting roads or houses, three of which have received a response, two are waiting and three more await the arrival of the vehicles.
In the western town of Santa Catarina, the windstorm occurred around 15:40. There was also sanding of at least three houses. Damage is always recorded by the municipality.
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