Rain and floods kill eleven people in Rio de Janeiro

Accumulated high rainfall caused chaos in the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The mayor of the capital, Eduardo Paes, has declared a state of emergency: the heavy rains and floods that hit the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro this weekend have caused the deaths of at least 11 people, civil protection and firefighters fire.

In the capital Rio de Janeiro, the mayor, Eduardo Paes, declared a state of emergency due to the damage and impacts caused by the rains. The decision was published in an extraordinary edition of the Official Journal.

In the Ricardo de Albuquerque neighborhood, in the capital, a man was the victim of a collapse caused by a landslide in the early hours of this Sunday. In the Acari neighborhood a woman died, perhaps from drowning. In Costa Barros, a woman was buried in the Estrada de Botafogo.

In Nova Iguaçu a woman was found dead in a river and a man drowned. In Comendador Soares, a man was rescued lifeless by the military, with signs of drowning. In São João de Meriti, a man was the victim of an electric shock and another drowned. There was also confirmation of the death of a man in Belford Roxo. In Duque de Caxias, two men were victims of electric shocks.

Firefighters continue their search for a missing woman after a vehicle fell into the Botas River in the Andrade Araújo neighborhood on Saturday night.

More than 200 occurrences

In 24 hours, the company responded to more than 230 rain-related incidents across the state of Rio de Janeiro, related to rescuing people, flooding, flooding, tree cutting, landslides and mudslides.

Heavy rains flooded streets, affected public transport and left the Ronaldo Gazolla hospital in the capital without electricity. Due to the chaos caused by the floods, some races and tests were cancelled.

According to the G1 news portal, the Anchieta weather station recorded 259.2 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. The value is the highest for that weather station since 1997, the year the time series began.

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Source: Terra

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