Precipitation greater than 100 millimeters cause floods, landslides, tree falls, highway blocks and emergency evacuations in the same regions as 2024
Two deaths and one disappearance were confirmed by the Rio Grande do Sul authorities, as a result of the rains that have reached the state since Monday (16). The scenario repeats last year: destruction, fear and urgency and in the same municipalities They exceed 100 millimeters in several cities and 300 millimeters in some places, causing floods, landslides, tree falls, highway blocks and emergency bowel movements. Among the rivers that overflowed are Jaguari, Ibicuí, Vacacaí and Vacacaí Mirim. Jacuí also surpassed the flood quota. Several cities, such as canoes, have lived the fear of floods again. A new full from Guaíba, in the metropolitan region, is not discarded.
In Candelária, in the Valley of Rio Pardo, a 54 -year -old woman, identified as Geneci da Rosa, died after the car where she was being taken by the force of a stream of a stream. The 65 -year -old husband, who was also in the vehicle, is still missing. Geneci’s body was located by the firefighters the day before yesterday. Already in Serra Gaucha, Mário César Trielweiler Gonçalves, 22, died after the car he drove was dragged by the waters of the Caí River – the water body yesterday reached the flood level, with 10 meters, and yesterday rose 14 centimeters per hour. The death occurred in the morning, on the bridge that connects the Sebastopol line, in Caxias do Sul, to the municipality of Nova Petrópolis. Weakened since the damage caused in the floods of May 2024, the head of the structure had a part destroyed by the force of the river.
The connection between the two municipalities by the BR-116 had been previously compromised. The new flood caused the bridge base to be reached again, further compromising the structure and interrupting local traffic. According to a survey by the State Civil Defense, so far at least 58 municipalities have already recorded harm related to the temporal. Housed houses, homeless families, destroyed bridges and schools with suspended classes mark the trail of destruction caused by constant and bulky rain. Firefighters, Civil Defense and City Hall teams act on emergency, while the state remains on the maximum alert.
The rainfall force forced six municipalities to trigger contingency plans in the face of rapid elevation of the Taquari river level. The cities of Bom Retiro do Sul, Taquari, Cruzeiro do Sul, Arroio do Meio, Estrela and Lajeado have started preventive actions in recent hours. The information is from the civil defenses of the valleys of Taquari and Rio Pardo. The Taquari River reached a flood quota of 19 meters yesterday and continued to climb 25 centimeters per hour. In Lajeado, some families had to be removed from their homes and displaced to the Immigrant Park. Already in Estrela a person with physical disabilities, a wheelchair user, was removed from an area considered at risk. The measure aims to protect more vulnerable residents in the risk of flooding in areas near the river.
The advance of rains in the municipality of Canoas, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, already directly affects the routine of approximately 100 thousand people. Flooding, public transport blocks, impassable roads and losses in residential areas have altered the daily life of the population. According to the Municipal Civil Defense, 430 residents had to leave the homes because of the elevation of the waters. Most, 352 people, sought shelter in the house of family or friends. Another 78 were sent to temporary shelters mounted by the city. MetSul Meteorology warned in a report on the situation that Guaíba in Porto Alegre will rise very quickly until the end week, because above all the flow of Jacuí, which has a larger flood, and by the high volumes between Porto Alegre and Cachoeira do Sul and Rio Pardo. The same forecast of flood is valid for the Uruguay River.
What does meteorology say
According to MetSul, you can rain again and metropolitan region today. It is expected that time will only return to stability from Saturday. The National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) issued a red alert, of great danger of heavy rains in areas of Rio Grande do Sul. The forecast is accumulated of rain until tomorrow, and could exceed 100 millimeters per day, Inmet said. According to the institute, there is a risk of great flooding and overflow of rivers and landslides, in cities with risk areas. The warning covers the northwestern Rio-Grandense, Rio-Grandense Western Center, Southwest Rio-Grandense, Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region, Southeast Rio Grande, northeast Rio-Grandense and Rio-Grandense East Center.
*With information from Estadão Content
