Civil Defense of SP assembles crisis office for forecasting heavy rainfall

The Civil Defense of the State of São Paulo sets the crisis office for monitoring heavy rains which should reach the state in the coming days, on the afternoon of Thursday (3).

The cabinet works remotely every day, whereby the organ follows and serves occurrences related to storms. In cases of temporal alerts, A room is separated in the Bandeirantes Palace headquarters of the São Paulo Government, for the face -to -face exercise of activities.

The installation will be done from 14h this Tuesday and should work until next Sunday (6) . This Wednesday (2), the Emergency Management Center (CGE) issued an alert for heavy rainfall between today and Saturday (5).

The formation of a cold front will favor the occurrence of thunderstorms In the eastern region of the state, mainly reaching the North Coast, Baixada Santista, Paraíba Valley, São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Ribeira Valley and the cities of Sorocaba, Campinas and Itapeva.

The office has representatives of the energy, water supply and public agencies to monitor the situation in real time and coordinate preventive actions with municipalities .

Rainfall can be almost double April

The State of São Paulo it is under alert to intense rainfall , strong winds and hangover On the coast between this Friday (4) and Sunday (6), according to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) and the Climate Emergency Management Center (CGE).

THE forecast indicates the possibility of a rain of Almost double the expected for the entire month of April with extreme volumes in the coast of paulista .

THE coast of paulista must register rainfall 150 mm and 250 mm with peaks of up to 350 millimeters, between this Friday and the dawn on Sunday, in some areas like Ubatuba. THE historical average rainfall for April in the region is 200 millimeters .

This Thursday (3), the forecast is sun and high temperatures, with maximums of 28 ° C, but of change in time in the afternoon, with the arrival of a cold front . Temporals are expected in f east of the state, with rainfall from moderate to strong intensity, rays and gusts above 40 km/h.

This content was originally published in Civil Defense of SP, it sets up crisis office for heavy rainfall on the CNN Brazil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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