The Military Highway Police of Santa Catarina released, this Wednesday (18), a video that shows strong winds overturning a truck in Serra do Rio do Rastro, in the south of the state.
According to the police, the vehicle was stopped next to Posto 21 of the PMRv, on SC-390, in Bom Jardim da Serra, when it was hit by winds of more than 150 km/h in the early hours of this Wednesday.
The PMRv weather station recorded winds of 157 km/h in the region.
Weather forecast
This Wednesday, the subtropical storm Yakecan advances along the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul and moves along the coast of Santa Catarina. According to Climatempo, the system can still cause wind gusts of around 100 km/h.
Clouds loaded with a cold front formed between the extreme south of Bahia and EspÃrito Santo. The cold front advances along the coast of Bahia this Wednesday and increases the conditions for rain in the state.
The very cold air of the strong mass of air of polar origin that arrived in Brazil causes a sharp drop in temperature in the states of the South, Southeast and Center-West. There is a possibility of snow in the mountains of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina and of freezing rain in the highlands of Rio Grande do Sul, in the southern and northern highlands of Santa Catarina and in the south of Paraná.
Source: CNN Brasil
