The National Institute of Meteorology indicates that relative humidity can be as low as 12% in these locations; the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization is 60%.
The states of St. Paul, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal District has red alertof “great danger”, for dry weather. The warning was issued by the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) this Monday 2 in some regions of the States (see below). Most of Brazil currently has some type of warning about the problem.
According to the institute, the relative humidity of the air in places of red alert it could be less than 12% this afternoon. The minimum recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) is 60%. Headaches, respiratory diseases, dryness and dehydration are some of the harmful effects on human and animal health in these conditions.
The risk of forest fires is also increasing. The southern Pantanal region is among the highest risk areas, as demonstrated by StateTHE The biome has broken fire records in recent months. The same warning applies to Ribeirao Pretoin the interior of Sao Paulo, where the fires have intensified.
The Civil Defense of the State of São Paulo issued a fire risk alert last week for almost all of São Paulo. “This climate change is occurring due to the weakening of the cold air mass in the southern and southeastern regions of Brazil, causing temperatures to rise, resulting in a warmer thermal sensation.”
The ministry suggests preventive measures such as not setting fire to areas of dry vegetation, not throwing cigarette butts on the edges of roads, not cleaning rural areas using fire-fighting techniques, not burning waste and not releasing balloons. “The Civil Protection continues to monitor the areas on maximum alert for fire risk,” it states.
The southern Amazon has a yellow alert, of “potential danger,” for dry weather. That is, the relative humidity of the air must vary between 30% and 20% and the risk of forest fires and health is low. On the other hand, the The Rio Solimões has already reached its lowest point in recent months and the Amazon rainforest has also been the victim of frequent fires, especially in the southern Amazon region.
Find out which areas are most at risk of drought right now, according to Inmet:
- President Prudente (SP);
- Sao Jose do Rio Preto (SP);
- Campinas (SP);
- Piracicaba (SP);
- Bauru (SP);
- Ribeirao Preto (SP);
- Araçatuba (SP);
- Maria (SP);
- Araraquara (SP);
- Macro Metropolitan Region of São Paulo;
- Itapetininga (SP);
- Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba, Central Region, Campo das Vertentes, South-East, North-West, Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte and West of Minas Gerais;
- Central-South, North, Northeast and Southeast of Mato Grosso;
- Central, Northwest, South and East Goiás;
- Southern, Eastern and North-Central Pantanais of Mato Grosso do Sul;
- Federal District.
Orange alert, the “dangerous” areas are those where the relative humidity of the air must vary between 20% and 12%, such as Tocantins, Piauí, northern Goiás, much of Mato Grosso and the countryside of Ceará and Maranhão. Santa Catarina, Paraná, Amazonas, Pará and southern São Paulo have a yellow alert.
Source: Terra
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