According to the secretariat, the state’s Natural Disasters Monitoring and Warning Center (Cemaden-RJ) is monitoring weather conditions and rainfall levels and sending alerts to municipalities.
The storm that hit the metropolitan region of Rio on Thursday night (30) left at least two dead and one missing, according to the Secretariat of State for Civil Protection. The two deaths occurred in Duque de Caxias, in the Baixada Fluminense.
One person was struck by lightning in the city centre, while another drowned after being washed away by the rains in a ditch in Parque Lafaiete.
In the city of Rio, ORFirefighters are looking for a man who disappeared after being swept away by the current in the Joana River, near the Maracanã stadium, in the north area.
According to the secretariat, the state’s Natural Disasters Monitoring and Warning Center (Cemaden-RJ) is monitoring weather conditions and rainfall levels and sending alerts to municipalities.
In a note released this morning, the secretariat reported that the hydrological risk in the Baixada Fluminense is very high, with a flood warning in the municipalities of São João de Meriti, Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, Mesquita and Nilópolis.
Furthermore, the geological risk in the region is high, with the possibility of landslides in the municipalities of Duque de Caxias, São João de Meriti, Mesquita, Nilópolis, Belford Roxo and Nova Iguaçu.
In the capital Rio de Janeiro, sirens went off in 50 communities due to landslide risk.
Source: Terra
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