Torrential rains that turned avenues into rivers have killed a minimum of 11 folks in Brazil.
The storm hit northern elements of Rio de Janeiro notably arduous, the Hearth Division stated on Sunday. Folks within the space died in landslides, drownings and electrocutions.
Firefighters had been nonetheless looking out for a girl who went lacking after her automotive fell right into a river as of Sunday night.
Water from the storm reached the roofs of vehicles on some stretches of Avenida de Brasil, a serious thoroughfare within the metropolis.
Mayor Eduardo Paes decreed the scenario an “emergency” and urged folks to remain at dwelling for their very own security and to keep away from disrupting rescue and restoration efforts.
A dozen bus traces shut down and several other metro stations had been closed due to water on the tracks.
Some elements of town obtained a month’s value of the same old degree of rain in January in simply 24 hours. A report from firefighters confirmed that they had responded to 200 storm-related occasions.
In Acari, one of many worst affected neighbourhoods, waters flooded the basement places of work of the Ronaldo Gazolla Municipal Hospital and companies had been hit arduous.
“I arrived at work and every part was flooded. Yearly the identical factor occurs when it rains arduous right here, it turns right into a pool, a lagoon,” stated Alexandre Gomes, attempting to take away water from the shop the place she works.
A nationwide company that displays pure disasters stated there was a excessive threat of landslides in eight cities within the surrounding Rio de Janeiro state.
