According to the Fire Department, the corporation recorded 54 calls related to flooding in the cities of Suzano, Mogi das Cruzes, Poá, Itaquaquecetuba and Guarulhos, in addition to the east zone of the capital.
The heavy rain that hit the metropolitan region of São Paulo on the afternoon of Wednesday, 28th, caused flooding and left people stranded. According to the Fire Department, the corporation recorded 54 calls related to flooding in the cities of Suzano, Mogi das Cruzes, Poá, Itaquaquecetuba and Guarulhos, in addition to the east zone of the capital.
In Suzano, the volume expected for seven days rained in three hours, totaling 63 millimeters. Military police officers from the 32nd Metropolitan Military Police Battalion rescued a family of five – a couple and three children – who were stranded on Avenida Mário Covas, as a result of a strong flood. The family’s vehicle was dragged by the current, but the victims were rescued and, according to the PM, are not in danger.
Still in Suzano, on Rua Cássia Francisco, in the Jardim São Luiz neighborhood, a person was swept away by a flood while trying to remove an object from a vehicle. The Fire Department searched for the victim, but, according to Civil Defense, she was removed from the water with the help of pedestrians and refused medical attention.
Mogi das Cruzes was also heavily hit by Wednesday’s storms. According to Civil Defense, the city recorded 95 millimeters of rain in just three hours. The volume corresponds to around 12 days of the total accumulated expected for the month of January, which is 245.8 millimeters, informed the agency.
The municipality recorded approximately 16 points of flooding, the collapse of a room in a residence and the fall of trees on public roads. At around 3:10 pm, the Civil Defense issued a severe warning for the municipality due to the intense rain. Until the publication of this text, there were no records of victims in the city.
In the capital, the Climate Emergency Management Center (CGE) placed the Southeast, South and East Zones on alert for flooding during the afternoon. The warnings, however, ended before 5pm.
The agency also issued an overflow alert for the regions of Itaim Paulista and São Miguel Paulista, due to the overflow of the Três Pontes and Água Vermelha streams, both in the east zone of the capital.
Flooding in São Paulo even interrupted the circulation of trains on CPTM Line 12-Safira, between the Jardim Romano and Engenheiro Manoel Feio stations, located between the East Zone of the capital and the municipality of Itaquaquecetuba. According to the company’s website, at around 7pm, operations had already returned to normal.
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