The cold front that acts over the South and Southeast regions of the country, and which caused formation of a tornado in Paranáalso caused problems in Rio de Janeiro. The Operations and Resilience Center in the capital of Rio de Janeiro has activated alert stage 2, which means that some weather events are impacting the city’s routine.
Six flooding points and 26 tree falls were recorded. The most serious case was the collapse of a wall between the Coelho Neto and Colégio subway stations, which forced the partial interruption of service early this Saturday morning (8). At this time, the circulation of compositions is normal.
The Rio de Janeiro city hall’s monitoring systems recorded wind gusts of up to 77.7 kilometers (km) in the region of Tom Jobim International Airport, on Governador Island. Despite this, the terminal operates normally.
Cores of moderate and heavy rain continue over the entire city, and thunderstorms with lightning and gusts of wind are forecast for the next few hours.
According to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet), the bad weather is due to a frontal system that formed in Argentina and reached southern Brazil this Friday (7). The core of this system crossed the South Region and arrived in the Southeast this morning.
The cold front favors the occurrence of storms and gusts of wind in the southern states and also in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and parts of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul.
