Rio registers 70% of the rain expected for February in less than 24 hours

The Rio Alert System recorded, in less than 24 hours, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, 70% of the expected rainfall for the entire month of February. The analysis was based on the 33 stations of the system. Between 1997 and 2022, an average of 120.4 millimeters (mm) were registered in the month of February throughout the city. This Tuesday (7), in five hours, it rained 81.2mm, which corresponds to 70% of the expected rainfall for the entire month. The rain gauges installed in the neighborhoods of Méier, Penha, São Cristóvão, Saúde and Laranjeiras had rain above the average expected for the respective stations in every month, according to data analyzed between 1997 and 2022. The neighborhood of Méier, in the north zone, had 48, 9% of rain above the expected average for the season of the year, which is 105.7mm. In São Cristóvão it rained 33.8% above average. According to Alerta Rio, 135 mm were recorded against 100.9 mm. In Penha it rained 20.2% more than expected for the month, that is, the station recorded 122.8 mm while the average is 102.2 mm. In Saúde it rained 18.5% above the average forecast for the month, with 123.4 mm being recorded, when the average for the season is 104.1 mm. In Laranjeiras it rained 3.5% above average. There were 108.8 mm recorded against 105.1 mm. According to the chief meteorologist at Alerta Rio, Raquel Franco, “there is a forecast of rain that may come with moderate intensity during the afternoon and night, occasionally being strong. But not compared to yesterday, which had heavy to very heavy rain in various parts of the city.” The Rio Operations Center (COR) recalls that the municipality of Rio has been in the mobilization stage since 1:30 am this Wednesday (8). Before, the city came to be in an alert stage. According to the Rio Alert System, the forecast is for showers, with moderate to strong intensity, accompanied by lightning and moderate wind gusts until the afternoon. From the evening, the forecast becomes light to moderate rain in isolated spots. Removal After the rains, Public Order agents removed 39 vehicles stopped in the streets and taken to safe places, clearing the roads and making traffic flow. Many of the vehicles had broken down or fallen into potholes and craters that had opened up in the city’s streets. The Rio+Seguro team also helped with the removal of a vehicle, with two people, that had fallen into a crater on Rua Aires Saldanha, in the Copacabana neighborhood. The car was tied to the garrison and pulled out avoiding a major accident. “We faced a challenge in the face of the rains that caused the city to enter an alert stage and, for that very reason, we intensified the work of the street operational teams. In addition to the Civil Defense technical team with the inspections of the occurrences, we also activated the municipal agents, mainly the agents who work in traffic to provide vehicles with greater fluidity, and also the operators of trailers. It was fundamental for the city to dawn without any type of impediment caused by broken down vehicles. It was an important operational action and we continue on the streets working to for the city to function at its normal stage”, said the Secretary of Public Order, Brenno Carnevale.

Agência Brasil