The Civil Defense of the State of São Paulo issued a warning on Tuesday (28) for flooding, flooding and landslides several regions of the state because of heavy rains until next Sunday. According to the forecast, the most affected areas include Greater São Paulo, Ribeira Valley, Paraíba Valley, Paulista coast and interior regions, where impacts have been recorded such as floods and landslides.
The rains are due to the approach of the South Atlantic Convergence Zone, which begins to act in the state on Wednesday (29). With that, the crisis Founded for rains will work continuously until Sunday.
Flooding
The state again had intense rainfall records in the early afternoon of this Tuesday, with emphasis on the regions of Bragança Paulista and Sorocaba and the north of the metropolitan region of the capital, in cities such as Franco da Rocha, Francisco Morato and Guarulhos . There was a record of flooding.
In Sorocaba there was a record of 70 millimeters (mm) of rainfall in 3 hours, which motivated the use of the Cellbroadcast tool, alert to mobile phones in regions affected by extreme climate.
In the state capital there was overflow of Rio Verde, in Itaquera, east. The region was in a state of attention for two hours, until 15:35. The highest rainfall rates were between 37mm and 41mm, affecting the north and east of the city.
The National Institute of Meteorology extended alert to heavy rains throughout the Midwest and Southeast, as well as stretches from the Northeast and North of the country. Less intense than warning in vogue to this day, highlights “rain between 20 and 30 mm/h or up to 50 mm/day, intense winds (40-60 km/h). Low risk of cutting power, fall of tree branches, flooding and electrical discharges “.
Capacitation
The Ministry of Cities launched this week Training Course Notice and multiplication aimed at municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, considered vulnerable to the extreme climate. The course, climate urgency – implementing solutions in vulnerable urban territories, has registrations open until February 14 and will be given between April and June this year.
