The heavy rains that have hit the capital of São Paulo since Wednesday afternoon (7) caused several points of flooding and led the Civil Defense to issue a severe warning for the metropolitan region of São Paulo at 4:50 pm.
According to a bulletin released by Enel, an electricity concessionaire that serves Greater São Paulo, around 43 thousand customers are without electricity, 37 thousand of which are residents of the capital. According to the company, the number of customers without the service is within normal limits.
Volume
In around three hours, rainfall reached 102 millimeters in the Santana region, in the north of São Paulo. In Aricanduva, in the east zone, the accumulated amount reached 77 millimeters, a volume considered high for such a short period of rain. In addition to the rain, strong winds were also recorded in some parts of the city. In Campo de Marte, for example, the wind gust reached 80 kilometers per hour.
The entire capital of São Paulo is under alert for rain, with the exception of Aricanduva and Itaquerain the east zone, which are in a more serious situation, the state of alert.
The state of alert is the highest on the scale of the Climate Emergency Management Center (CGE) and was declared because the Aricanduva River overflowed.
Until around 6pm today, the capital of São Paulo recorded 11 points of flooding, mainly in the east and central zones, and firefighters recorded six calls for falling trees and six calls for flooding.
In addition to the flooding and falling trees, the capital also recorded 257 km of congestion at around 6pm, according to the Traffic Engineering Company (CET).
