One person died and three others were injured today (29) after the wall of an establishment collapsed in the city of Franca, in the interior of São Paulo. According to the Fire Department, the case occurred on Rua Rio Branco, in the Industrial District, after a storm with strong winds hit the city.
According to the state Civil Defense, winds in Franca reached 30 km/h, with accumulated rainfall of around 15 millimeters.
Alert
In the capital of São Paulo, the heavy rains that fell late this afternoon left the entire city on alert for flooding. Because of these rains, a Civil Defense alert was sent to the cell phones of residents of the city of São Paulo.
In addition to the rain, some regions of the capital recorded strong winds, which caused trees to fall. According to the Climate Emergency Management Center (CGE) of the city of São Paulo, the biggest gusts of wind were identified in the regions of Santana and the Guarapiranga dam, where wind speeds reached between 30.5 km/h and 34.5 km/h.
At around 7pm, more than 31,600 properties were without power in Greater São Paulo, according to a balance released by the concessionaire Enel. Of this total, 26.3 thousand properties were in the city of São Paulo, 2.6 thousand in Cotia and another 1.1 thousand in the city of Juquitiba.
