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A heavy storm that struck Rio de Janeiro on the night of Wednesday 6 killed trees, flooded streets and commercial establishments, banned roads and left neighborhoods in darkness. The municipality went into crisis at 22:15. At 11:10 pm there was no record of anyone being injured, killed or missing because of the storm.
Secretary of Defense Roberto Robadey confirmed the deaths of two people. The victims were at Pedra de Guaratiba and Rocinha. There is also one missing.
The crisis phase is adopted when "abundant, sometimes very heavy rains are expected in the coming hours, and may even cause multiple floods and landslides, as well as widespread upheavals in one or more regions of the city ", according to the town hall. . When this stage is reached, the rescue teams are already scattered in the streets, which limits the effects of rain.
According to the operations center of the town hall, from 18h to 22h30, the rainiest areas are Rocinha, to the south, with 132.2 mm; the Vidigal, in the same region, with 127.6 mm; and the Itanhangá region, in Barra da Tijuca (west zone), with 122.8 mm
In the Rocinha, sirens were activated, prompting residents to look for shelters outside of home because of the risk of landslides and landslides. The Grajaú-Jacarepaguá road was forbidden in the direction of Grajaú (north zone), from the ascent of the parish (west zone), due to the fall of a tree, around 23 hours. At the same time, there was a lack of light in many parts of the city, as in a part of the northern district of Grajaú.
About an hour earlier, the BRT Transoeste bus service was interrupted due to floods and the collapse of the city. a tree that had reached the runway at the Santa Veridiana station
City Hall reported that from 7 pm to 9:27 pm, it received six requests for inspection in collapsed structures and an investigation into an infiltrated property. The administration did not indicate which structures collapsed or registered victims.
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