Heavy rain hit the city of Rio de Janeiro and flooded several points of the state capital On the night of Wednesday (19).
According to the Rio City Hall Operations and Resilience Center (Cor-Rio), the municipality entered the Stage 2 at risk for high impact occurrences around 8:40 pm. The color level goes from 1 to 5.
In at least one weather station there was also a record of rain greater than 25 mm for 30 minutes . Watch videos below the floods:
According to Alert Rio – Meteorology System of Rio de Janeiro City Hall – Moderate Rain Centers to Forte Ação, mainly, in the north of the city on the border with Baixada Fluminense and also at points of Jacarepaguá, with travel still going to regions north of the municipality.
Several water pockets have formed in various neighborhoods of the city of Rio. Videos show island drivers and a fully submerged tunnel:
In the Bangu neighborhood, in the West Zone, because of the rain and flooding, the service of some buses BRT system was temporarily interrupted . Strong rain also hit the Baixada Fluminense and the metropolitan region.
This Thursday (20), the forecast for the river is of wet winds from the ocean towards the continent along with much instability present in the atmosphere. The sky will be cloudy with expectation of weak to moderate rain throughout the day, being moderate mainly at dawn and late.
Winds will be moderate and temperatures may decrease, with a minimum expected of 20 ° C and a maximum of 27 ° C.
This content was originally published in heavy rain causes flooding at various points in Rio de Janeiro on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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