Porto Alegre airport suspends flights and take-offs due to rain in RS

There are still no forecasts for the return of flights; the floods have already caused 39 victims and 68 missing

Salgado Filho airport, in Porto Alegre, suspended 3 landings and takeoffs on Friday evening. due to the rains that hit Rio Grande do Sul, Fraport Brasil, the concessionaire that manages the airport, issued a statement at 8pm, inviting passengers with scheduled trips to contact the airlines for more information on flights .

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On the airport’s flight panel, some companies kept the flights scheduled for the early morning of Saturday 6th, while others chose to cancel them.

In Porto Alegre, the rising level of the Guaíba River caused flooding of the streets in the center, as well as the bus station. Meteorologists predict that the floods in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul will be worse than the historical record of 1941.

Rio Grande do Sul on alert

The Civil Protection of Rio Grande do Sul released, in the late afternoon of Friday 3rd, a new report on the storm that hit the state. According to the agency, 39 dead and 68 people are missing. In total, 265 cities were affected by the worst climate catastrophe in the RS.

Municipalities remain on alert due to further damage, as well as the need to direct the population to leave areas considered at risk.

This Friday alone, Civil Protection issued four river flood warnings in the state. There are already 265 cities affected by the floods, 8,168 homeless and more than 24 thousand displaced.

Drone shows destruction caused by rain in Porto Alegre:

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  The drone shows the destruction caused by the rain in Porto Alegre

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  The rains in the RS are expected to continue and residents are advised to seek safe places, the journalist says

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  ​​A house is swept away by currents during floods in Rio Grande do Sul

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  A runaway ferry collides with a bridge during flooding on the Taquari River, Rio Grande do Sul

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