Causes of temporal disorders for more than 24 hours in São Paulo | New

From a distance, it looks like a river cutting the forest. But observe that the carpet that has formed is a pile of waste accumulated in the bed of the Juqueri River, which crosses several cities of São Paulo. The consequences of human negligence and the thunderstorm Friday night (30).

The rain that hit São Paulo lasted 16 hours. Due to flooding, a stretch of Anhanguera Highway connecting the capital to the interior of the country was blocked for 10 hours.

The situation was also complicated in Caieiras, in the metropolitan area. The journalist Alan Severiano flew over the city aboard the Globocop. At 11 o'clock, it was still possible to see the consequences of the storm. Isolated trucks in the middle of the floods and a football pitch also remained under water. Beside the field, an event center of the city was also aligned. And a line of people in a mutirão tried to remove material from the place. A cyclist was nearly swallowed by so much water.

When the water fell, it was the mud that invaded the streets and sidewalks. He embarrbaded those who had to go to the Franco da Rocha station.

Inside the stores, there was no customer, there were only employees who took care of the dirt.

"Everyone lost everything, the guy in the cafeteria lost the whole meal, my store, I lost everything," said Janaína Campos, a shopkeeper.

The effects of the storm were also felt in the capital, São Paulo. The city of São Paulo experienced an atypical Saturday, recording 80 kilometers of morning congestion. Mainly because several sections of the Marginal Tietê, one of the most important roads, have been flooded.

"A biker who helped me get the car out of the water, otherwise I think the water took me even though," says nursing badistant Rafael Silveira.

With the tanks, the police helicopter had to land on the runway to rescue a man who was to go to the hospital. He was a candidate for an urgent kidney transplant operation, which ultimately did not happen because he was not compatible.

Rafael, aged three, was also transported by a police helicopter. The boy had to undergo hemodialysis and, because of the bans caused by the rain, he flew from São José dos Campos for treatment.

Prohibitions on the runway also hampered bus arrivals and departures at the largest bus terminal in Latin America, the Tietê.

Traveling in the air was not easy either Saturday. "Due to the weather problems encountered in the city of São Paulo, several crews were unable to travel," Congonhas airport said.

In the absence of aircraft to board as many pbadengers, the Congonhas airport lobby, in the southern area of ​​São Paulo, was congested.

"Everyone is lost here without knowing anything", complained the retired Veronica Torreão.

According to Infraero, 21 flights were canceled and 108 were delayed until 18 hours. Professor Roni da Silva had waited nearly 15 hours to travel.

The director of the school, Edicleusa Al Kalah, tried to explain on the phone because she could not go to the wedding of her nephew in Parana. "The flight was at seven o'clock, it was at 8:20, it was at 9:20, it was 10:20, it was one o'clock, two o'clock and then it was canceled."

The problem in São Paulo was reflected in Brasilia, Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro, at both airports: Santos Dumont and Tom Jobim, where Professor Clóvis was trying to get to São Luís, said: "We are on to complete 30 hours of flight, "he said

. there are people who should board flights to Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and also Curitiba, in the case of a group that should have boarded at seven o'clock.